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 Coleman Edward Dues. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.

Books
1
Jerome Ellison Murphy: "Hanging"
3 min
2
Lisa Sewell: "The Land of Nod"
3 min
3
Kinsale Drake: "(Re)location"
3 min
4
Brian Blanchfield: "Learning"
4 min
5
MacKnight Black: "Corliss Engine"
2 min
6
Mina Loy: "[There is no Life or Death,]
3 min
7
Ira Sadoff: "Thank You"
3 min
8
Travis Chi Wing Lau: "Funeral for Unreturned As...
2 min
9
Guest Editor Interview: December 2023 Guest Edi...
13 min
10
Brian Turner: "Corsair"
2 min
11
Matthew Minicucci: "Nostalgia"
4 min
12
Ruben Quesada: "East of Wyoming, I Remember Mat...
3 min
13
D’arcy McNickle: "The Mountains"
5 min
14
Jane Johnston Schoolcraft: "To the Miscodeed"
3 min
15
Tobias Wray: "The Last Orgasm"
3 min
16
Clemonce Heard: "Bicuspid"
2 min
17
Catherine Barnett: "The Specious Present"
3 min
18
Shelley Wong: "A Marriage at Ancestral Hall in ...
3 min
19
Kathy Fagan: "What I Was Looking For"
3 min
20
Too-qua-stee: "A Vision of the End"
5 min
21
Zitkála-Šá: "The Indian’s Awakening"
10 min
22
Matthew Olzmann: "The Earthlings"
3 min
23
Lupita Eyde-Tucker: "Without Reparations"
4 min
24
Matt W. Miller: "Far Away"
3 min
25
Sarah Audsley: "A Massive Aquarium Holding 1,50...
3 min