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
1801
Delmira Agustini: "The Vampire"
1 min
1802
Julian Talamantez Brolaski: "poetry is a tempor...
11 min
1803
Claire Meuschke: "zero in on"
2 min
1804
Diana Hamilton: "Trance Essay for Remembering I...
5 min
1805
Lynn Xu: "Untitled Fragment"
1 min
1806
Susan Briante: Excerpt from "Defacing the Monum...
3 min
1807
Kevin Killian: "Free"
1 min
1808
Kay Gabriel: "Like, Comma, Like"
1 min
1809
Daniel Borzutzky: "Written After a Massacre in ...
3 min
1810
Margaret Ross: "Evolution"
4 min
1811
Öykü Tekten: "mountain language"
1 min
1812
Aldrin Valdez: "ars poetica"
2 min
1813
Trace Howard DePass: "[th(e)reat] → siege engine"
2 min
1814
Kerry Carnahan: "[My ancestors are empty words]"
2 min
1815
Juliana Spahr: excerpts from "Will There Be Sin...
10 min
1816
Solmaz Sharif: "He, Too"
0 min
1817
Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta: "[untitled]"
4 min
1818
Joshua Jennifer Espinoza: "Time-lapse Video Of ...
1 min
1819
C. Dale Young: "Melancholia"
3 min
1820
heidi andrea restrepo rhodes: "Flying Down the ...
4 min
1821
José Martí: "Love in the City"
4 min
1822
Louise Glück: "The Red Poppy"
1 min
1823
Javier Zamora: "Nó, Actually, Soy Salvadoreño"
4 min
1824
Oliver Baez Bendorf: "Dysphoria"
2 min
1825
Brenda Cárdenas: "Nuestra Señora de las Iguanas"
2 min