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
601
Cecilia Woloch: "Prayer for 2018"
3 min
602
Divya Victor: "Make/Do"
4 min
603
Fady Joudah: "[…]"
2 min
604
Lo Kwa Mei-en: "Pinocchia, you must not stop fo...
3 min
605
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "My Easter Dove"
4 min
606
Guest Editor Interview: April 2024 Guest Editor...
18 min
607
Marianne Moore: "The Paper Nautilus"
4 min
608
Jeffrey McDaniel: "The Jesus Fridge"
3 min
609
Ciona Rouse: "Red-Shouldered Hawk"
6 min
610
Erika Meitner: "Just as the Darkness Got Very D...
5 min
611
Dorothy Chan: "Somehow"
2 min
612
Geffrey Davis: "Not to Be Confused with 'Poem'”
4 min
613
Marion Strobel: "Little Things"
3 min
614
Harriet Monroe: "The Giant Cactus of Arizona"
4 min
615
Taije Silverman: "Armageddon"
6 min
616
Shamala Gallagher: "'The New York Times' Says A...
3 min
617
Jan Beatty: "Drag"
2 min
618
Tim Seibles: "Naïve"
4 min
619
Saida Agostini: "black aphrodite entertains a m...
3 min
620
Sarah Lee Brown Fleming: "Come Let Us Be Friends"
3 min
621
Skipwith Cannell: "The Coming of Night"
4 min
622
Yona Harvey: "But for now the music swings from...
3 min
623
Brenda Shaughnessy: "2-Sided Map Shows Line Whe...
4 min
624
Patrick Rosal: "Yes It Will Rain (or Prayer for...
5 min
625
Kim Addonizio: "This Too Shall Pass"
3 min