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
Bernadette Mayer: "The Lobelias of Fear"
2 min
1752
Harryette Mullen: "Conversation in Isolation"
2 min
1753
José Santos Chocano: "A Song of the Road"
3 min
1754
Rosalía de Castro: "The Carillon"
2 min
1755
Carolina Ebeid: "Silueta of Crushed Lipstick an...
4 min
1756
Andrea Blancas Beltran: "Year of the Rat, Full ...
3 min
1757
Cecilia Vicuña: "The Disappeared"
4 min
1758
Anna Maria Hong: "We Were"
2 min
1759
David Shapiro: "The Only Emperor"
3 min
1760
Khushal Khan Khattak: "[Know thou well this wor...
4 min
1761
Fenton Johnson: "Rulers"
1 min
1762
Hoa Nguyen: "The Pu Pu Platter Appetizer"
3 min
1763
Joseph Rios: "For Henry's Bar"
4 min
1764
Farid Matuk: "The Butcher’s Fifth Quarter"
3 min
1765
Roberto Tejada: "Night Festival"
5 min
1766
Victoria Guerrero, Anastatia Spicer, and Honora...
7 min
1767
Claude McKay: "French Leave"
2 min
1768
Helen Hoyt: "The Office Building"
1 min
1769
Fanny Howe: "Margo"
3 min
1770
Rachel Levitsky: "Audience"
3 min
1771
Guest Editor Interview: September Guest Editor ...
27 min
1772
TC Tolbert: "What I really want to know is how ...
4 min
1773
Catalina Cariaga: "A Word"
6 min
1774
Joan Retallack: "POLITIES &/or SONNETS"
5 min
1775
John Gould Fletcher: "A Distant Song"
2 min