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
451
Marianne Moore: "The Paper Nautilus"
4 min
452
Jeffrey McDaniel: "The Jesus Fridge"
3 min
453
Ciona Rouse: "Red-Shouldered Hawk"
6 min
454
Erika Meitner: "Just as the Darkness Got Very D...
5 min
455
Dorothy Chan: "Somehow"
2 min
456
Geffrey Davis: "Not to Be Confused with 'Poem'”
4 min
457
Marion Strobel: "Little Things"
3 min
458
Harriet Monroe: "The Giant Cactus of Arizona"
4 min
459
Taije Silverman: "Armageddon"
6 min
460
Shamala Gallagher: "'The New York Times' Says A...
3 min
461
Jan Beatty: "Drag"
2 min
462
Tim Seibles: "Naïve"
4 min
463
Saida Agostini: "black aphrodite entertains a m...
3 min
464
Sarah Lee Brown Fleming: "Come Let Us Be Friends"
3 min
465
Skipwith Cannell: "The Coming of Night"
4 min
466
Yona Harvey: "But for now the music swings from...
3 min
467
Brenda Shaughnessy: "2-Sided Map Shows Line Whe...
4 min
468
Patrick Rosal: "Yes It Will Rain (or Prayer for...
5 min
469
Kim Addonizio: "This Too Shall Pass"
3 min
470
Ellen Bass: "You’re the Top"
3 min
471
Maria White Lowell: "The Alpine Sheep"
5 min
472
Matthew Arnold: "A Southern Night"
7 min
473
Keetje Kuipers: "Emesis"
3 min
474
Tyler Mills: "ectopic"
3 min
475
Avni Vyas: "After Bob Across the Street Fires H...
2 min