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 Genevieve Shubeck. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.
1726
John Keene: "Looking at Photos"
3 min
1727
Douglas Kearney: "The Thing of Nature That Defi...
3 min
1728
Monica Youn: "Leave"
3 min
1729
Bernadette Mayer: "The Lobelias of Fear"
2 min
1730
Harryette Mullen: "Conversation in Isolation"
2 min
1731
José Santos Chocano: "A Song of the Road"
3 min
1732
Rosalía de Castro: "The Carillon"
2 min
1733
Carolina Ebeid: "Silueta of Crushed Lipstick an...
4 min
1734
Andrea Blancas Beltran: "Year of the Rat, Full ...
3 min
1735
Cecilia Vicuña: "The Disappeared"
4 min
1736
Anna Maria Hong: "We Were"
2 min
1737
David Shapiro: "The Only Emperor"
3 min
1738
Khushal Khan Khattak: "[Know thou well this wor...
4 min
1739
Fenton Johnson: "Rulers"
1 min
1740
Hoa Nguyen: "The Pu Pu Platter Appetizer"
3 min
1741
Joseph Rios: "For Henry's Bar"
4 min
1742
Farid Matuk: "The Butcher’s Fifth Quarter"
3 min
1743
Roberto Tejada: "Night Festival"
5 min
1744
Victoria Guerrero, Anastatia Spicer, and Honora...
7 min
1745
Claude McKay: "French Leave"
2 min
1746
Helen Hoyt: "The Office Building"
1 min
1747
Fanny Howe: "Margo"
3 min
1748
Rachel Levitsky: "Audience"
3 min
1749
Guest Editor Interview: September Guest Editor ...
27 min
1750
TC Tolbert: "What I really want to know is how ...
4 min