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.

Books
1751
Bettina Judd: "Not My Ancestors"
3 min
1752
Ada Limón: "Lover"
3 min
1753
Juana de Ibarbourou: "Bond"
3 min
1754
Conceição Lima and David Shook: "Afroinsularity"
8 min
1755
Guest Editor Interview: October Guest Editor Sa...
15 min
1756
Ama Codjoe: "Primordial Mirror"
3 min
1757
Tonya M. Foster: from "In the After"
5 min
1758
Mary-Kim Arnold: "The Maze"
4 min
1759
Suzi F. Garcia: "A Modified Villanelle for My C...
3 min
1760
Balam Rodrigo and Dan Bellm: "The Patron Saints"
6 min
1761
Juan Ramón Jiménez: "One Night"
2 min
1762
Lauri García Dueñas and Olivia Lott: "0"
8 min
1763
John Keene: "Looking at Photos"
3 min
1764
Douglas Kearney: "The Thing of Nature That Defi...
3 min
1765
Monica Youn: "Leave"
3 min
1766
Bernadette Mayer: "The Lobelias of Fear"
2 min
1767
Harryette Mullen: "Conversation in Isolation"
2 min
1768
José Santos Chocano: "A Song of the Road"
3 min
1769
Rosalía de Castro: "The Carillon"
2 min
1770
Carolina Ebeid: "Silueta of Crushed Lipstick an...
4 min
1771
Andrea Blancas Beltran: "Year of the Rat, Full ...
3 min
1772
Cecilia Vicuña: "The Disappeared"
4 min
1773
Anna Maria Hong: "We Were"
2 min
1774
David Shapiro: "The Only Emperor"
3 min
1775
Khushal Khan Khattak: "[Know thou well this wor...
4 min