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
1826
Ada Limón: "Lover"
3 min
1827
Juana de Ibarbourou: "Bond"
3 min
1828
Conceição Lima and David Shook: "Afroinsularity"
8 min
1829
Guest Editor Interview: October Guest Editor Sa...
15 min
1830
Ama Codjoe: "Primordial Mirror"
3 min
1831
Tonya M. Foster: from "In the After"
5 min
1832
Mary-Kim Arnold: "The Maze"
4 min
1833
Suzi F. Garcia: "A Modified Villanelle for My C...
3 min
1834
Balam Rodrigo and Dan Bellm: "The Patron Saints"
6 min
1835
Juan Ramón Jiménez: "One Night"
2 min
1836
Lauri García Dueñas and Olivia Lott: "0"
8 min
1837
John Keene: "Looking at Photos"
3 min
1838
Douglas Kearney: "The Thing of Nature That Defi...
3 min
1839
Monica Youn: "Leave"
3 min
1840
Bernadette Mayer: "The Lobelias of Fear"
2 min
1841
Harryette Mullen: "Conversation in Isolation"
2 min
1842
José Santos Chocano: "A Song of the Road"
3 min
1843
Rosalía de Castro: "The Carillon"
2 min
1844
Carolina Ebeid: "Silueta of Crushed Lipstick an...
4 min
1845
Andrea Blancas Beltran: "Year of the Rat, Full ...
3 min
1846
Cecilia Vicuña: "The Disappeared"
4 min
1847
Anna Maria Hong: "We Were"
2 min
1848
David Shapiro: "The Only Emperor"
3 min
1849
Khushal Khan Khattak: "[Know thou well this wor...
4 min
1850
Fenton Johnson: "Rulers"
1 min