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
526
Geffrey Davis: "Not to Be Confused with 'Poem'”
4 min
527
Marion Strobel: "Little Things"
3 min
528
Harriet Monroe: "The Giant Cactus of Arizona"
4 min
529
Taije Silverman: "Armageddon"
6 min
530
Shamala Gallagher: "'The New York Times' Says A...
3 min
531
Jan Beatty: "Drag"
2 min
532
Tim Seibles: "Naïve"
4 min
533
Saida Agostini: "black aphrodite entertains a m...
3 min
534
Sarah Lee Brown Fleming: "Come Let Us Be Friends"
3 min
535
Skipwith Cannell: "The Coming of Night"
4 min
536
Yona Harvey: "But for now the music swings from...
3 min
537
Brenda Shaughnessy: "2-Sided Map Shows Line Whe...
4 min
538
Patrick Rosal: "Yes It Will Rain (or Prayer for...
5 min
539
Kim Addonizio: "This Too Shall Pass"
3 min
540
Ellen Bass: "You’re the Top"
3 min
541
Maria White Lowell: "The Alpine Sheep"
5 min
542
Matthew Arnold: "A Southern Night"
7 min
543
Keetje Kuipers: "Emesis"
3 min
544
Tyler Mills: "ectopic"
3 min
545
Avni Vyas: "After Bob Across the Street Fires H...
2 min
546
Preeti Vangani: "One Cup of Chai"
3 min
547
Keith Leonard: "Abecedarian on the Good Father"
3 min
548
James Russell Lowell: "To the Dandelion"
6 min
549
Emma Lazarus : From “An Epistle”
6 min
550
Diannely Antigua: "Blessing the Baby"
3 min