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
Maxwell Bodenheim: "Old Age"
3 min
277
Anne Carson: "Short Talk on Pain"
2 min
278
Lauren Russell: "Exposition"
4 min
279
Gabrielle Civil: "Three of Cups"
4 min
280
Hannah Ensor: "Agnes, a sleep"
4 min
281
Jennifer Scappettone: "Syrinx Spring"
4 min
282
Beatrice Ravenel: "The Humming-Bird"
4 min
283
Edgar Lee Masters: "Theodore the Poet"
3 min
284
Douglas Kearney: "Minotaur"
2 min
285
Carlos Soto-Román: "The Tell-Tale Heart"
2 min
286
Serena Chopra: "Garden Variety with Lesbians"
7 min
287
Shivram Gopinath: "Pottu / Dot"
3 min
288
Robin Silbergleid: "Ode to Donor Gametes"
3 min
289
Gwendolyn Bennett: "Moon Tonight"
3 min
290
Charles Reznikoff: "Rhythms (Section I)"
3 min
291
Andrea Abi Karam: "Standing Dead"
2 min
292
Snigdha Koirala: "Fragments on Naturalization"
2 min
293
Lindsey Boldt: "A Bartable Enya Afternoon"
3 min
294
Tanya Lukin Linklater: "Ewako"
3 min
295
Mrigaa Sethi: "Names for Hunger"
3 min
296
Genevieve Taggard: "Skull Song"
4 min
297
Conrad Aiken: "Senlin: A Biography (Part I, Sec...
6 min
298
Ariel Resnikoff: "ghost canto"
5 min
299
Pattie McCarthy: from "outgoing tide—"
3 min
300
Michael Leong: "For My Cats Gaspara & Alfonsina"
2 min