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
26
H. P. Lovecraft: From "Fungi of Yuggoth" [XIV. ...
3 min
27
Amy M. Alvarez: "Burn Out"
3 min
28
Iain Haley Pollock: "[And I return to the field]"
4 min
29
Natalie Scenters-Zapico: "Aura"
3 min
30
Elizabeth Bradfield: "The Teeth on My Wrist"
6 min
31
Katrina Vandenberg: "Tomatoes"
3 min
32
Frank Horne: "Youth"
2 min
33
Marie Ponsot: "Rain All Night, Paris"
2 min
34
A. L. Nielsen: "Consensus"
6 min
35
Rebecca Gayle Howell: "How Will I Know You" [Fo...
3 min
36
Todd Davis: "How She Heard It"
3 min
37
Lindsay Bernal: "The Laundresses"
4 min
38
Tim Earley: "Vacation Bible School"
4 min
39
Samuel Beckett: "Whoroscope"
7 min
40
E. E. Cummings: From "Puella Mea" [Through the ...
2 min
41
Adam Giannelli: "Alliterative Autobiography"
5 min
42
Jenny Johnson: "Queer Trivia Night"
6 min
43
Jacob Shores-Argüello: "The Names of Grasses"
3 min
44
Sara Nicholson: "What Ails Me"
3 min
45
Gary Jackson: "Chickens"
3 min
46
W. H. Auden: "II" [Doom is dark and deeper than...
3 min
47
André Fontainas, translated by Jethro Bithell: ...
3 min
48
J. Bailey Hutchinson: "Megaloceros"
3 min
49
Austin Araujo: "Burning Candle"
3 min
50
Carlina Duan: "I Face East (Ars Poetica)"
3 min