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
576
Marianne Moore: "The Paper Nautilus"
4 min
577
Jeffrey McDaniel: "The Jesus Fridge"
3 min
578
Ciona Rouse: "Red-Shouldered Hawk"
6 min
579
Erika Meitner: "Just as the Darkness Got Very D...
5 min
580
Dorothy Chan: "Somehow"
2 min
581
Geffrey Davis: "Not to Be Confused with 'Poem'”
4 min
582
Marion Strobel: "Little Things"
3 min
583
Harriet Monroe: "The Giant Cactus of Arizona"
4 min
584
Taije Silverman: "Armageddon"
6 min
585
Shamala Gallagher: "'The New York Times' Says A...
3 min
586
Jan Beatty: "Drag"
2 min
587
Tim Seibles: "Naïve"
4 min
588
Saida Agostini: "black aphrodite entertains a m...
3 min
589
Sarah Lee Brown Fleming: "Come Let Us Be Friends"
3 min
590
Skipwith Cannell: "The Coming of Night"
4 min
591
Yona Harvey: "But for now the music swings from...
3 min
592
Brenda Shaughnessy: "2-Sided Map Shows Line Whe...
4 min
593
Patrick Rosal: "Yes It Will Rain (or Prayer for...
5 min
594
Kim Addonizio: "This Too Shall Pass"
3 min
595
Ellen Bass: "You’re the Top"
3 min
596
Maria White Lowell: "The Alpine Sheep"
5 min
597
Matthew Arnold: "A Southern Night"
7 min
598
Keetje Kuipers: "Emesis"
3 min
599
Tyler Mills: "ectopic"
3 min
600
Avni Vyas: "After Bob Across the Street Fires H...
2 min