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