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
Marianne Moore: "The Paper Nautilus"
4 min
277
Jeffrey McDaniel: "The Jesus Fridge"
3 min
278
Ciona Rouse: "Red-Shouldered Hawk"
6 min
279
Erika Meitner: "Just as the Darkness Got Very D...
5 min
280
Dorothy Chan: "Somehow"
2 min
281
Geffrey Davis: "Not to Be Confused with 'Poem'”
4 min
282
Marion Strobel: "Little Things"
3 min
283
Harriet Monroe: "The Giant Cactus of Arizona"
4 min
284
Taije Silverman: "Armageddon"
6 min
285
Shamala Gallagher: "'The New York Times' Says A...
3 min
286
Jan Beatty: "Drag"
2 min
287
Tim Seibles: "Naïve"
4 min
288
Saida Agostini: "black aphrodite entertains a m...
3 min
289
Sarah Lee Brown Fleming: "Come Let Us Be Friends"
3 min
290
Skipwith Cannell: "The Coming of Night"
4 min
291
Yona Harvey: "But for now the music swings from...
3 min
292
Brenda Shaughnessy: "2-Sided Map Shows Line Whe...
4 min
293
Patrick Rosal: "Yes It Will Rain (or Prayer for...
5 min
294
Kim Addonizio: "This Too Shall Pass"
3 min
295
Ellen Bass: "You’re the Top"
3 min
296
Maria White Lowell: "The Alpine Sheep"
5 min
297
Matthew Arnold: "A Southern Night"
7 min
298
Keetje Kuipers: "Emesis"
3 min
299
Tyler Mills: "ectopic"
3 min
300
Avni Vyas: "After Bob Across the Street Fires H...
2 min