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
1
James Ephraim McGirt: "A Mystery"
3 min
2
James Joyce: "III"
3 min
3
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "SoMa"
2 min
4
Dujie Tahat: "All-American Ghazal"
3 min
5
Matthew Gellman: "Conflation"
3 min
6
Susan Mitchell: "Wolf Moon"
4 min
7
Sam Sax: "Ode to Those Who Block Tunnels and Br...
4 min
8
Elias Lönnrot, translated by John Martin Crawfo...
4 min
9
Robinson Jeffers: From "The Loving Shepherdess"...
3 min
10
Sasha Wade: "Del Parto"
4 min
11
Lena Khalaf Tuffaha: "Correspondence with Apolo...
3 min
12
Monica Ferrell: "Subclinical"
3 min
13
Kevin Prufer: "Graves"
4 min
14
Tsering Wangmo Dhompa: "Camay International"
3 min
15
Louise Bogan: "Cassandra"
2 min
16
Iris Tree: "The Complex Life"
4 min
17
Kelan Nee: "Manifesto"
4 min
18
Victoria Chang: "The Swan, No. 3 (Hilma af Klint)"
3 min
19
Dāshaun Washington: "Half-light"
3 min
20
Kelli Russell Agodon: "Dementia Is a New Way to...
3 min
21
Zeina Hashem Beck: "Standup Sonnet"
4 min
22
Aldous Huxley: "The Burning Wheel"
4 min
23
Alexander Pushkin: "A Nereid"
2 min
24
David Roderick: "Message for Jim in Syria [Fall...
3 min
25
Blas Falconer: "This is Not a Horse"
3 min