Poem-a-Day

Poem-a-Day is the original, daily poetry series featuring new poems by today’s poets. Produced by the Academy of American Poets, this free digital series is made possible by you, our readers and listeners. Theme music by Kat Rejsek. Audio engineering by Thea Matthews. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.

Books
1726
Julian Talamantez Brolaski: "poetry is a tempor...
11 min
1727
Claire Meuschke: "zero in on"
2 min
1728
Diana Hamilton: "Trance Essay for Remembering I...
5 min
1729
Lynn Xu: "Untitled Fragment"
1 min
1730
Susan Briante: Excerpt from "Defacing the Monum...
3 min
1731
Kevin Killian: "Free"
1 min
1732
Kay Gabriel: "Like, Comma, Like"
1 min
1733
Daniel Borzutzky: "Written After a Massacre in ...
3 min
1734
Margaret Ross: "Evolution"
4 min
1735
Öykü Tekten: "mountain language"
1 min
1736
Aldrin Valdez: "ars poetica"
2 min
1737
Trace Howard DePass: "[th(e)reat] → siege engine"
2 min
1738
Kerry Carnahan: "[My ancestors are empty words]"
2 min
1739
Juliana Spahr: excerpts from "Will There Be Sin...
10 min
1740
Solmaz Sharif: "He, Too"
0 min
1741
Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta: "[untitled]"
4 min
1742
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza: "Time-lapse Video Of ...
1 min
1743
C. Dale Young: "Melancholia"
3 min
1744
heidi andrea restrepo rhodes: "Flying Down the ...
4 min
1745
José Martí: "Love in the City"
4 min
1746
Louise Glück: "The Red Poppy"
1 min
1747
Javier Zamora: "Nó, Actually, Soy Salvadoreño"
4 min
1748
Oliver Baez Bendorf: "Dysphoria"
2 min
1749
Brenda Cárdenas: "Nuestra Señora de las Iguanas"
2 min
1750
Peggy Robles–Alvarado: "When I Became La Promesa"
4 min