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
551
Marianne Moore: "The Paper Nautilus"
4 min
552
Jeffrey McDaniel: "The Jesus Fridge"
3 min
553
Ciona Rouse: "Red-Shouldered Hawk"
6 min
554
Erika Meitner: "Just as the Darkness Got Very D...
5 min
555
Dorothy Chan: "Somehow"
2 min
556
Geffrey Davis: "Not to Be Confused with 'Poem'”
4 min
557
Marion Strobel: "Little Things"
3 min
558
Harriet Monroe: "The Giant Cactus of Arizona"
4 min
559
Taije Silverman: "Armageddon"
6 min
560
Shamala Gallagher: "'The New York Times' Says A...
3 min
561
Jan Beatty: "Drag"
2 min
562
Tim Seibles: "Naïve"
4 min
563
Saida Agostini: "black aphrodite entertains a m...
3 min
564
Sarah Lee Brown Fleming: "Come Let Us Be Friends"
3 min
565
Skipwith Cannell: "The Coming of Night"
4 min
566
Yona Harvey: "But for now the music swings from...
3 min
567
Brenda Shaughnessy: "2-Sided Map Shows Line Whe...
4 min
568
Patrick Rosal: "Yes It Will Rain (or Prayer for...
5 min
569
Kim Addonizio: "This Too Shall Pass"
3 min
570
Ellen Bass: "You’re the Top"
3 min
571
Maria White Lowell: "The Alpine Sheep"
5 min
572
Matthew Arnold: "A Southern Night"
7 min
573
Keetje Kuipers: "Emesis"
3 min
574
Tyler Mills: "ectopic"
3 min
575
Avni Vyas: "After Bob Across the Street Fires H...
2 min