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 Genevieve Shubeck. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.

Books
301
Atsuro Riley: “We Be Ludere”
1 min
302
Ari Banias: “Task”
3 min
303
Brian Tierney: “Catering”
4 min
304
Cate Marvin: “The Truth”
2 min
305
Sharon Olds: “Boxer Aria”
3 min
306
Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy: “The Wolves”
4 min
307
Wayne Miller: “Theological”
2 min
308
Armen Davoudian: “Hot Springs”
2 min
309
Paul Tran: “Eros”
4 min
310
Aaron Smith: “I’m Dating a Man Who’s Married”
2 min
311
D. A. Powell: “Rewilding”
2 min
312
Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Fate”
4 min
313
Alfred Kreymborg: “Those Everlasting Blues”
4 min
314
Sandra Lim: “Cattiveria”
2 min
315
Noah Warren: “Shuttle”
3 min
316
Christian Gullette: “The Fates”
2 min
317
Natalie Shapero: “Hansel or Gretel”
3 min
318
Michael Dumanis: “Sehnsucht”
4 min
319
Stanley Kunitz: “Passing Through”
3 min
320
Li Bai: “The River-Merchant’s Wife: A Letter,” ...
4 min
321
Miguel Murphy: “August”
2 min
322
Jesse Nathan: “Panhandle”
3 min
323
Leonel Sánchez Lopez: “What the Birds Do”
2 min
324
Saeed Jones: “Self-Portrait as Hereboy, Sethe’s...
2 min
325
Andrea Cohen: “Pastime ”
2 min