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