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
601
Dorothy Chan: "Somehow"
2 min
602
Geffrey Davis: "Not to Be Confused with 'Poem'”
4 min
603
Marion Strobel: "Little Things"
3 min
604
Harriet Monroe: "The Giant Cactus of Arizona"
4 min
605
Taije Silverman: "Armageddon"
6 min
606
Shamala Gallagher: "'The New York Times' Says A...
3 min
607
Jan Beatty: "Drag"
2 min
608
Tim Seibles: "Naïve"
4 min
609
Saida Agostini: "black aphrodite entertains a m...
3 min
610
Sarah Lee Brown Fleming: "Come Let Us Be Friends"
3 min
611
Skipwith Cannell: "The Coming of Night"
4 min
612
Yona Harvey: "But for now the music swings from...
3 min
613
Brenda Shaughnessy: "2-Sided Map Shows Line Whe...
4 min
614
Patrick Rosal: "Yes It Will Rain (or Prayer for...
5 min
615
Kim Addonizio: "This Too Shall Pass"
3 min
616
Ellen Bass: "You’re the Top"
3 min
617
Maria White Lowell: "The Alpine Sheep"
5 min
618
Matthew Arnold: "A Southern Night"
7 min
619
Keetje Kuipers: "Emesis"
3 min
620
Tyler Mills: "ectopic"
3 min
621
Avni Vyas: "After Bob Across the Street Fires H...
2 min
622
Preeti Vangani: "One Cup of Chai"
3 min
623
Keith Leonard: "Abecedarian on the Good Father"
3 min
624
James Russell Lowell: "To the Dandelion"
6 min
625
Emma Lazarus : From “An Epistle”
6 min