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
Catherine Bowman: "Pears"
3 min
427
James Hannaham: " Apophasis Now"
1 min
428
Denise Duhamel: "Poem in Which My Mother Snapped"
2 min
429
Hisham Bustani: "An inauspicious day from the g...
8 min
430
Lucretia Maria Davidson: "The Smile of Innocence"
4 min
431
Richard Butler Glaenzer: "Star-Magic"
2 min
432
Mark Halliday: "Hoops with Nets"
3 min
433
Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello: "The Houseguest"
3 min
434
Ashley M. Jones: "HOLYHEADHARRIET"
4 min
435
Megan Fernandes: "On the One Hand"
2 min
436
Kevin Young: "Mantle"
2 min
437
William Rose Benét: "The City"
5 min
438
Arna Bontemps: "My Heart Has Known Its Winter"
2 min
439
Peter Balakian: "Day of the Dead"
3 min
440
Kerry Hardie: "Acceptance"
2 min
441
Robert Wrigley: "Centaur over Tomer Butte"
3 min
442
Tom Healy: "Sonnet for the Chickens"
2 min
443
Emma Trelles: "Dear Sister"
4 min
444
Harriet Monroe: "With a Copy of Shelley"
3 min
445
Amos Wilder: "Winter Night"
3 min
446
Laurel Nakanishi: "Sleepless Pantoum"
2 min
447
Dylan Brennan: From “A First Glimpse of Ireland”
3 min
448
Carlie Hoffman: "After Morlot Avenue"
6 min
449
P. Scott Cunningham: "Florida Snow"
2 min
450
Ariel Francisco: "On the Shore of Lake Atitlán,...
1 min