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.
1776
Juan Ramón Jiménez: "One Night"
2 min
1777
Lauri García Dueñas and Olivia Lott: "0"
8 min
1778
John Keene: "Looking at Photos"
3 min
1779
Douglas Kearney: "The Thing of Nature That Defi...
3 min
1780
Monica Youn: "Leave"
3 min
1781
Bernadette Mayer: "The Lobelias of Fear"
2 min
1782
Harryette Mullen: "Conversation in Isolation"
2 min
1783
José Santos Chocano: "A Song of the Road"
3 min
1784
Rosalía de Castro: "The Carillon"
2 min
1785
Carolina Ebeid: "Silueta of Crushed Lipstick an...
4 min
1786
Andrea Blancas Beltran: "Year of the Rat, Full ...
3 min
1787
Cecilia Vicuña: "The Disappeared"
4 min
1788
Anna Maria Hong: "We Were"
2 min
1789
David Shapiro: "The Only Emperor"
3 min
1790
Khushal Khan Khattak: "[Know thou well this wor...
4 min
1791
Fenton Johnson: "Rulers"
1 min
1792
Hoa Nguyen: "The Pu Pu Platter Appetizer"
3 min
1793
Joseph Rios: "For Henry's Bar"
4 min
1794
Farid Matuk: "The Butcher’s Fifth Quarter"
3 min
1795
Roberto Tejada: "Night Festival"
5 min
1796
Victoria Guerrero, Anastatia Spicer, and Honora...
7 min
1797
Claude McKay: "French Leave"
2 min
1798
Helen Hoyt: "The Office Building"
1 min
1799
Fanny Howe: "Margo"
3 min
1800
Rachel Levitsky: "Audience"
3 min