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
26
Marianne Moore: "The Paper Nautilus"
4 min
27
Jeffrey McDaniel: "The Jesus Fridge"
3 min
28
Ciona Rouse: "Red-Shouldered Hawk"
6 min
29
Erika Meitner: "Just as the Darkness Got Very D...
5 min
30
Dorothy Chan: "Somehow"
2 min
31
Geffrey Davis: "Not to Be Confused with 'Poem'”
4 min
32
Marion Strobel: "Little Things"
3 min
33
Harriet Monroe: "The Giant Cactus of Arizona"
4 min
34
Taije Silverman: "Armageddon"
6 min
35
Shamala Gallagher: "'The New York Times' Says A...
3 min
36
Jan Beatty: "Drag"
2 min
37
Tim Seibles: "Naïve"
4 min
38
Saida Agostini: "black aphrodite entertains a m...
3 min
39
Sarah Lee Brown Fleming: "Come Let Us Be Friends"
3 min
40
Skipwith Cannell: "The Coming of Night"
4 min
41
Yona Harvey: "But for now the music swings from...
3 min
42
Brenda Shaughnessy: "2-Sided Map Shows Line Whe...
4 min
43
Patrick Rosal: "Yes It Will Rain (or Prayer for...
5 min
44
Kim Addonizio: "This Too Shall Pass"
3 min
45
Ellen Bass: "You’re the Top"
3 min
46
Maria White Lowell: "The Alpine Sheep"
5 min
47
Matthew Arnold: "A Southern Night"
7 min
48
Keetje Kuipers: "Emesis"
3 min
49
Tyler Mills: "ectopic"
3 min
50
Avni Vyas: "After Bob Across the Street Fires H...
2 min