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
276
Denise Duhamel: "Poem in Which My Mother Snapped"
2 min
277
Hisham Bustani: "An inauspicious day from the g...
8 min
278
Lucretia Maria Davidson: "The Smile of Innocence"
4 min
279
Richard Butler Glaenzer: "Star-Magic"
2 min
280
Mark Halliday: "Hoops with Nets"
3 min
281
Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello: "The Houseguest"
3 min
282
Ashley M. Jones: "HOLYHEADHARRIET"
4 min
283
Megan Fernandes: "On the One Hand"
2 min
284
Kevin Young: "Mantle"
2 min
285
William Rose Benét: "The City"
5 min
286
Arna Bontemps: "My Heart Has Known Its Winter"
2 min
287
Peter Balakian: "Day of the Dead"
3 min
288
Kerry Hardie: "Acceptance"
2 min
289
Robert Wrigley: "Centaur over Tomer Butte"
3 min
290
Tom Healy: "Sonnet for the Chickens"
2 min
291
Emma Trelles: "Dear Sister"
4 min
292
Harriet Monroe: "With a Copy of Shelley"
3 min
293
Amos Wilder: "Winter Night"
3 min
294
Laurel Nakanishi: "Sleepless Pantoum"
2 min
295
Dylan Brennan: From “A First Glimpse of Ireland”
3 min
296
Carlie Hoffman: "After Morlot Avenue"
6 min
297
P. Scott Cunningham: "Florida Snow"
2 min
298
Ariel Francisco: "On the Shore of Lake Atitlán,...
1 min
299
Babette Deutsch: "Hibernal"
3 min
300
Robert Bridges: "January"
3 min