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 Genevieve Shubeck. 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
Geoffrey Brock: “Goodbye”
2 min
227
Atsuro Riley: “We Be Ludere”
1 min
228
Ari Banias: “Task”
3 min
229
Brian Tierney: “Catering”
4 min
230
Cate Marvin: “The Truth”
2 min
231
Sharon Olds: “Boxer Aria”
3 min
232
Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy: “The Wolves”
4 min
233
Wayne Miller: “Theological”
2 min
234
Armen Davoudian: “Hot Springs”
2 min
235
Paul Tran: “Eros”
4 min
236
Aaron Smith: “I’m Dating a Man Who’s Married”
2 min
237
D. A. Powell: “Rewilding”
2 min
238
Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Fate”
4 min
239
Alfred Kreymborg: “Those Everlasting Blues”
4 min
240
Sandra Lim: “Cattiveria”
2 min
241
Noah Warren: “Shuttle”
3 min
242
Christian Gullette: “The Fates”
2 min
243
Natalie Shapero: “Hansel or Gretel”
3 min
244
Michael Dumanis: “Sehnsucht”
4 min
245
Stanley Kunitz: “Passing Through”
3 min
246
Li Bai: “The River-Merchant’s Wife: A Letter,” ...
4 min
247
Miguel Murphy: “August”
2 min
248
Jesse Nathan: “Panhandle”
3 min
249
Leonel Sánchez Lopez: “What the Birds Do”
2 min
250
Saeed Jones: “Self-Portrait as Hereboy, Sethe’s...
2 min