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.
1851
Carolina Ebeid: "Silueta of Crushed Lipstick an...
4 min
1852
Andrea Blancas Beltran: "Year of the Rat, Full ...
3 min
1853
Cecilia Vicuña: "The Disappeared"
4 min
1854
Anna Maria Hong: "We Were"
2 min
1855
David Shapiro: "The Only Emperor"
3 min
1856
Khushal Khan Khattak: "[Know thou well this wor...
4 min
1857
Fenton Johnson: "Rulers"
1 min
1858
Hoa Nguyen: "The Pu Pu Platter Appetizer"
3 min
1859
Joseph Rios: "For Henry's Bar"
4 min
1860
Farid Matuk: "The Butcher’s Fifth Quarter"
3 min
1861
Roberto Tejada: "Night Festival"
5 min
1862
Victoria Guerrero, Anastatia Spicer, and Honora...
7 min
1863
Claude McKay: "French Leave"
2 min
1864
Helen Hoyt: "The Office Building"
1 min
1865
Fanny Howe: "Margo"
3 min
1866
Rachel Levitsky: "Audience"
3 min
1867
Guest Editor Interview: September Guest Editor ...
27 min
1868
TC Tolbert: "What I really want to know is how ...
4 min
1869
Catalina Cariaga: "A Word"
6 min
1870
Joan Retallack: "POLITIES &/or SONNETS"
5 min
1871
John Gould Fletcher: "A Distant Song"
2 min
1872
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Promise"
1 min
1873
Barbara Jane Reyes: "Brown Girl Creed"
3 min
1874
Darius Atefat-Peckham: "Confessional to Famous ...
5 min
1875
Harmony Holiday: "She leads me to tongues"
4 min