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
Canese Jarboe: “Alternate Endings to Shania Twa...
3 min
302
Kimberly Quiogue Andrews: "Poem in Which the Po...
4 min
303
Henry Howard: "So Cruel Prison"
6 min
304
H. P. Lovecraft: From "Fungi of Yuggoth" [XIV. ...
3 min
305
Amy M. Alvarez: "Burn Out"
3 min
306
Iain Haley Pollock: "[And I return to the field]"
4 min
307
Natalie Scenters-Zapico: "Aura"
3 min
308
Elizabeth Bradfield: "The Teeth on My Wrist"
6 min
309
Katrina Vandenberg: "Tomatoes"
3 min
310
Frank Horne: "Youth"
2 min
311
Marie Ponsot: "Rain All Night, Paris"
2 min
312
A. L. Nielsen: "Consensus"
6 min
313
Rebecca Gayle Howell: "How Will I Know You" [Fo...
3 min
314
Todd Davis: "How She Heard It"
3 min
315
Lindsay Bernal: "The Laundresses"
4 min
316
Tim Earley: "Vacation Bible School"
4 min
317
Samuel Beckett: "Whoroscope"
7 min
318
E. E. Cummings: From "Puella Mea" [Through the ...
2 min
319
Adam Giannelli: "Alliterative Autobiography"
5 min
320
Jenny Johnson: "Queer Trivia Night"
6 min
321
Jacob Shores-Argüello: "The Names of Grasses"
3 min
322
Sara Nicholson: "What Ails Me"
3 min
323
Gary Jackson: "Chickens"
3 min
324
W. H. Auden: "II" [Doom is dark and deeper than...
3 min
325
André Fontainas, translated by Jethro Bithell: ...
3 min