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
476
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "My Easter Dove"
4 min
477
Marianne Moore: "The Paper Nautilus"
4 min
478
Jeffrey McDaniel: "The Jesus Fridge"
3 min
479
Ciona Rouse: "Red-Shouldered Hawk"
6 min
480
Erika Meitner: "Just as the Darkness Got Very D...
5 min
481
Dorothy Chan: "Somehow"
2 min
482
Geffrey Davis: "Not to Be Confused with 'Poem'”
4 min
483
Marion Strobel: "Little Things"
3 min
484
Harriet Monroe: "The Giant Cactus of Arizona"
4 min
485
Taije Silverman: "Armageddon"
6 min
486
Shamala Gallagher: "'The New York Times' Says A...
3 min
487
Jan Beatty: "Drag"
2 min
488
Tim Seibles: "Naïve"
4 min
489
Saida Agostini: "black aphrodite entertains a m...
3 min
490
Sarah Lee Brown Fleming: "Come Let Us Be Friends"
3 min
491
Skipwith Cannell: "The Coming of Night"
4 min
492
Yona Harvey: "But for now the music swings from...
3 min
493
Brenda Shaughnessy: "2-Sided Map Shows Line Whe...
4 min
494
Patrick Rosal: "Yes It Will Rain (or Prayer for...
5 min
495
Kim Addonizio: "This Too Shall Pass"
3 min
496
Ellen Bass: "You’re the Top"
3 min
497
Maria White Lowell: "The Alpine Sheep"
5 min
498
Matthew Arnold: "A Southern Night"
7 min
499
Keetje Kuipers: "Emesis"
3 min
500
Tyler Mills: "ectopic"
3 min