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
426
Dorothy Chan: "Somehow"
2 min
427
Geffrey Davis: "Not to Be Confused with 'Poem'”
4 min
428
Marion Strobel: "Little Things"
3 min
429
Harriet Monroe: "The Giant Cactus of Arizona"
4 min
430
Taije Silverman: "Armageddon"
6 min
431
Shamala Gallagher: "'The New York Times' Says A...
3 min
432
Jan Beatty: "Drag"
2 min
433
Tim Seibles: "Naïve"
4 min
434
Saida Agostini: "black aphrodite entertains a m...
3 min
435
Sarah Lee Brown Fleming: "Come Let Us Be Friends"
3 min
436
Skipwith Cannell: "The Coming of Night"
4 min
437
Yona Harvey: "But for now the music swings from...
3 min
438
Brenda Shaughnessy: "2-Sided Map Shows Line Whe...
4 min
439
Patrick Rosal: "Yes It Will Rain (or Prayer for...
5 min
440
Kim Addonizio: "This Too Shall Pass"
3 min
441
Ellen Bass: "You’re the Top"
3 min
442
Maria White Lowell: "The Alpine Sheep"
5 min
443
Matthew Arnold: "A Southern Night"
7 min
444
Keetje Kuipers: "Emesis"
3 min
445
Tyler Mills: "ectopic"
3 min
446
Avni Vyas: "After Bob Across the Street Fires H...
2 min
447
Preeti Vangani: "One Cup of Chai"
3 min
448
Keith Leonard: "Abecedarian on the Good Father"
3 min
449
James Russell Lowell: "To the Dandelion"
6 min
450
Emma Lazarus : From “An Epistle”
6 min