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.
1751
Douglas Kearney: "The Thing of Nature That Defi...
3 min
1752
Monica Youn: "Leave"
3 min
1753
Bernadette Mayer: "The Lobelias of Fear"
2 min
1754
Harryette Mullen: "Conversation in Isolation"
2 min
1755
José Santos Chocano: "A Song of the Road"
3 min
1756
Rosalía de Castro: "The Carillon"
2 min
1757
Carolina Ebeid: "Silueta of Crushed Lipstick an...
4 min
1758
Andrea Blancas Beltran: "Year of the Rat, Full ...
3 min
1759
Cecilia Vicuña: "The Disappeared"
4 min
1760
Anna Maria Hong: "We Were"
2 min
1761
David Shapiro: "The Only Emperor"
3 min
1762
Khushal Khan Khattak: "[Know thou well this wor...
4 min
1763
Fenton Johnson: "Rulers"
1 min
1764
Hoa Nguyen: "The Pu Pu Platter Appetizer"
3 min
1765
Joseph Rios: "For Henry's Bar"
4 min
1766
Farid Matuk: "The Butcher’s Fifth Quarter"
3 min
1767
Roberto Tejada: "Night Festival"
5 min
1768
Victoria Guerrero, Anastatia Spicer, and Honora...
7 min
1769
Claude McKay: "French Leave"
2 min
1770
Helen Hoyt: "The Office Building"
1 min
1771
Fanny Howe: "Margo"
3 min
1772
Rachel Levitsky: "Audience"
3 min
1773
Guest Editor Interview: September Guest Editor ...
27 min
1774
TC Tolbert: "What I really want to know is how ...
4 min
1775
Catalina Cariaga: "A Word"
6 min