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
451
Atsuro Riley: “We Be Ludere”
1 min
452
Ari Banias: “Task”
3 min
453
Brian Tierney: “Catering”
4 min
454
Cate Marvin: “The Truth”
2 min
455
Sharon Olds: “Boxer Aria”
3 min
456
Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy: “The Wolves”
4 min
457
Wayne Miller: “Theological”
2 min
458
Armen Davoudian: “Hot Springs”
2 min
459
Paul Tran: “Eros”
4 min
460
Aaron Smith: “I’m Dating a Man Who’s Married”
2 min
461
D. A. Powell: “Rewilding”
2 min
462
Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Fate”
4 min
463
Alfred Kreymborg: “Those Everlasting Blues”
4 min
464
Sandra Lim: “Cattiveria”
2 min
465
Noah Warren: “Shuttle”
3 min
466
Christian Gullette: “The Fates”
2 min
467
Natalie Shapero: “Hansel or Gretel”
3 min
468
Michael Dumanis: “Sehnsucht”
4 min
469
Stanley Kunitz: “Passing Through”
3 min
470
Li Bai: “The River-Merchant’s Wife: A Letter,” ...
4 min
471
Miguel Murphy: “August”
2 min
472
Jesse Nathan: “Panhandle”
3 min
473
Leonel Sánchez Lopez: “What the Birds Do”
2 min
474
Saeed Jones: “Self-Portrait as Hereboy, Sethe’s...
2 min
475
Andrea Cohen: “Pastime ”
2 min