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
1751
Diane di Prima: "Revolutionary Letter #1"
1 min
1752
Delmira Agustini: "The Vampire"
1 min
1753
Julian Talamantez Brolaski: "poetry is a tempor...
11 min
1754
Claire Meuschke: "zero in on"
2 min
1755
Diana Hamilton: "Trance Essay for Remembering I...
5 min
1756
Lynn Xu: "Untitled Fragment"
1 min
1757
Susan Briante: Excerpt from "Defacing the Monum...
3 min
1758
Kevin Killian: "Free"
1 min
1759
Kay Gabriel: "Like, Comma, Like"
1 min
1760
Daniel Borzutzky: "Written After a Massacre in ...
3 min
1761
Margaret Ross: "Evolution"
4 min
1762
Öykü Tekten: "mountain language"
1 min
1763
Aldrin Valdez: "ars poetica"
2 min
1764
Trace Howard DePass: "[th(e)reat] → siege engine"
2 min
1765
Kerry Carnahan: "[My ancestors are empty words]"
2 min
1766
Juliana Spahr: excerpts from "Will There Be Sin...
10 min
1767
Solmaz Sharif: "He, Too"
0 min
1768
Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta: "[untitled]"
4 min
1769
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza: "Time-lapse Video Of ...
1 min
1770
C. Dale Young: "Melancholia"
3 min
1771
heidi andrea restrepo rhodes: "Flying Down the ...
4 min
1772
José Martí: "Love in the City"
4 min
1773
Louise Glück: "The Red Poppy"
1 min
1774
Javier Zamora: "Nó, Actually, Soy Salvadoreño"
4 min
1775
Oliver Baez Bendorf: "Dysphoria"
2 min