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
Djuna Barnes: "She Passed This Way"
3 min
202
Robert Graves: "Children of Darkness"
3 min
203
Megan Fernandes: "Friends with No Benefits"
4 min
204
Chaun Webster: "[by way of entry you sit with a...
4 min
205
Jos Charles: "A Sonnet"
3 min
206
Cass Donish: "You, Emblazoned"
4 min
207
Sara Borjas: "Decolonialish Self-Portrait"
3 min
208
Elinor Wylie: "Let No Charitable Hope"
3 min
209
Wallace Stevens: "The Man Whose Pharynx Was Bad"
3 min
210
Aracelis Girmay: "[to keep knowing]"
3 min
211
Jasminne Mendez: "Luke and the Frog: An America...
3 min
212
Giovannai Rosa: "a force is a push or a pull (5...
4 min
213
Janel Pineda: "Mujer Malvada"
3 min
214
Khadijah Queen: "Season of Grief"
3 min
215
Rubén Darío: "Autumnal"
7 min
216
Guest Editor Interview: October 2023 Guest Edit...
11 min
217
Naja Marie Aidt: from "Everything Shimmers"
3 min
218
Kitty Tsui: "Without Love"
3 min
219
Genji Amino: from "n e a r"
3 min
220
Alberto Ríos: "To Mars from Arizona"
4 min
221
Nellie Wong: "Being pregnant is a dream"
4 min
222
Safiya Sinclair: "Planet Dread"
5 min
223
José Santos Chocano: "The Orchids"
3 min
224
Xavier Valcárcel: "Doppelgänger"
3 min
225
Aria Aber: "Oakland in Rain"
4 min