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