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
501
Richard Butler Glaenzer: "Star-Magic"
2 min
502
Mark Halliday: "Hoops with Nets"
3 min
503
Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello: "The Houseguest"
3 min
504
Ashley M. Jones: "HOLYHEADHARRIET"
4 min
505
Megan Fernandes: "On the One Hand"
2 min
506
Kevin Young: "Mantle"
2 min
507
William Rose Benét: "The City"
5 min
508
Arna Bontemps: "My Heart Has Known Its Winter"
2 min
509
Peter Balakian: "Day of the Dead"
3 min
510
Kerry Hardie: "Acceptance"
2 min
511
Robert Wrigley: "Centaur over Tomer Butte"
3 min
512
Tom Healy: "Sonnet for the Chickens"
2 min
513
Emma Trelles: "Dear Sister"
4 min
514
Harriet Monroe: "With a Copy of Shelley"
3 min
515
Amos Wilder: "Winter Night"
3 min
516
Laurel Nakanishi: "Sleepless Pantoum"
2 min
517
Dylan Brennan: From “A First Glimpse of Ireland”
3 min
518
Carlie Hoffman: "After Morlot Avenue"
6 min
519
P. Scott Cunningham: "Florida Snow"
2 min
520
Ariel Francisco: "On the Shore of Lake Atitlán,...
1 min
521
Babette Deutsch: "Hibernal"
3 min
522
Robert Bridges: "January"
3 min
523
Michael Hettich: "The Angels"
3 min
524
Alexandra Lytton Regalado: "¿Qué Quiere, Corazón?"
4 min
525
William Archila: "Little soul lost, little shin...
3 min