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
226
Denise Duhamel: "Poem in Which My Mother Snapped"
2 min
227
Hisham Bustani: "An inauspicious day from the g...
8 min
228
Lucretia Maria Davidson: "The Smile of Innocence"
4 min
229
Richard Butler Glaenzer: "Star-Magic"
2 min
230
Mark Halliday: "Hoops with Nets"
3 min
231
Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello: "The Houseguest"
3 min
232
Ashley M. Jones: "HOLYHEADHARRIET"
4 min
233
Megan Fernandes: "On the One Hand"
2 min
234
Kevin Young: "Mantle"
2 min
235
William Rose Benét: "The City"
5 min
236
Arna Bontemps: "My Heart Has Known Its Winter"
2 min
237
Peter Balakian: "Day of the Dead"
3 min
238
Kerry Hardie: "Acceptance"
2 min
239
Robert Wrigley: "Centaur over Tomer Butte"
3 min
240
Tom Healy: "Sonnet for the Chickens"
2 min
241
Emma Trelles: "Dear Sister"
4 min
242
Harriet Monroe: "With a Copy of Shelley"
3 min
243
Amos Wilder: "Winter Night"
3 min
244
Laurel Nakanishi: "Sleepless Pantoum"
2 min
245
Dylan Brennan: From “A First Glimpse of Ireland”
3 min
246
Carlie Hoffman: "After Morlot Avenue"
6 min
247
P. Scott Cunningham: "Florida Snow"
2 min
248
Ariel Francisco: "On the Shore of Lake Atitlán,...
1 min
249
Babette Deutsch: "Hibernal"
3 min
250
Robert Bridges: "January"
3 min