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
426
Lola Ridge: From “IV. The Stone” [The morning c...
4 min
427
Léonie Adams: “Early Waking”
3 min
428
Geoffrey Brock: “Goodbye”
2 min
429
Atsuro Riley: “We Be Ludere”
1 min
430
Ari Banias: “Task”
3 min
431
Brian Tierney: “Catering”
4 min
432
Cate Marvin: “The Truth”
2 min
433
Sharon Olds: “Boxer Aria”
3 min
434
Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy: “The Wolves”
4 min
435
Wayne Miller: “Theological”
2 min
436
Armen Davoudian: “Hot Springs”
2 min
437
Paul Tran: “Eros”
4 min
438
Aaron Smith: “I’m Dating a Man Who’s Married”
2 min
439
D. A. Powell: “Rewilding”
2 min
440
Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Fate”
4 min
441
Alfred Kreymborg: “Those Everlasting Blues”
4 min
442
Sandra Lim: “Cattiveria”
2 min
443
Noah Warren: “Shuttle”
3 min
444
Christian Gullette: “The Fates”
2 min
445
Natalie Shapero: “Hansel or Gretel”
3 min
446
Michael Dumanis: “Sehnsucht”
4 min
447
Stanley Kunitz: “Passing Through”
3 min
448
Li Bai: “The River-Merchant’s Wife: A Letter,” ...
4 min
449
Miguel Murphy: “August”
2 min
450
Jesse Nathan: “Panhandle”
3 min