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