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
401
Julia Bloch: "Valley Oak"
2 min
402
Marianne Moore: "Black Earth"
6 min
403
Maxwell Bodenheim: "Old Age"
3 min
404
Anne Carson: "Short Talk on Pain"
2 min
405
Lauren Russell: "Exposition"
4 min
406
Gabrielle Civil: "Three of Cups"
4 min
407
Hannah Ensor: "Agnes, a sleep"
4 min
408
Jennifer Scappettone: "Syrinx Spring"
4 min
409
Beatrice Ravenel: "The Humming-Bird"
4 min
410
Edgar Lee Masters: "Theodore the Poet"
3 min
411
Douglas Kearney: "Minotaur"
2 min
412
Carlos Soto-Román: "The Tell-Tale Heart"
2 min
413
Serena Chopra: "Garden Variety with Lesbians"
7 min
414
Shivram Gopinath: "Pottu / Dot"
3 min
415
Robin Silbergleid: "Ode to Donor Gametes"
3 min
416
Gwendolyn Bennett: "Moon Tonight"
3 min
417
Charles Reznikoff: "Rhythms (Section I)"
3 min
418
Andrea Abi Karam: "Standing Dead"
2 min
419
Snigdha Koirala: "Fragments on Naturalization"
2 min
420
Lindsey Boldt: "A Bartable Enya Afternoon"
3 min
421
Tanya Lukin Linklater: "Ewako"
3 min
422
Mrigaa Sethi: "Names for Hunger"
3 min
423
Genevieve Taggard: "Skull Song"
4 min
424
Conrad Aiken: "Senlin: A Biography (Part I, Sec...
6 min
425
Ariel Resnikoff: "ghost canto"
5 min