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
201
Sahar Muradi: "All I can see is nothing"
4 min
202
Regie Cabico: "Morning After The Election"
3 min
203
Guest Editor Interview: January 2025 Guest Edit...
13 min
204
D. H. Lawrence: "New Year’s Eve"
3 min
205
Mary Weston Fordham: "Passing of the Old Year"
4 min
206
Bob Holman: "Scotty and the Rib Tips"
4 min
207
Edwin Torres: "túmba la caña jibarito"
4 min
208
Myrna Nieves: "My Dead Relatives"
4 min
209
Urayoán Noel: "sueño convulso (seizure dream)"
5 min
210
Nancy Mercado: "2020 A Year to Forget"
2 min
211
Alberto Ríos: "Christmas on the Border, 1929"
6 min
212
Charlotte Brontë: "Winter Stores"
4 min
213
Sheila Maldonado: "herederos de cero"
3 min
214
David Henderson: "Blues Franchise"
4 min
215
Andrei Codrescu: "my yoga teacher kassandra"
2 min
216
Carlos Manuel Rivera: "Thanatos and Technophilia"
3 min
217
Sahar Romani: "Sign"
3 min
218
Alice Meynell: "West Wind in Winter"
3 min
219
Marcella Agnes Fitzgerald: "A Winter Day"
5 min
220
Puma Perl: "Domino Nights"
3 min
221
Carmen Bardeguez-Brown: "Rican Issues"
5 min
222
Jesús Papoleto Meléndez: "In a Grain of Sand"
4 min
223
Ed Morales: "The Talking Coconut"
3 min
224
Tennessee Reed: "Fantasy"
3 min
225
Rainer Maria Rilke: "Lament"
3 min