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
626
Anne Carson: "Short Talk on Pain"
2 min
627
Lauren Russell: "Exposition"
4 min
628
Gabrielle Civil: "Three of Cups"
4 min
629
Hannah Ensor: "Agnes, a sleep"
4 min
630
Jennifer Scappettone: "Syrinx Spring"
4 min
631
Beatrice Ravenel: "The Humming-Bird"
4 min
632
Edgar Lee Masters: "Theodore the Poet"
3 min
633
Douglas Kearney: "Minotaur"
2 min
634
Carlos Soto-Román: "The Tell-Tale Heart"
2 min
635
Serena Chopra: "Garden Variety with Lesbians"
7 min
636
Shivram Gopinath: "Pottu / Dot"
3 min
637
Robin Silbergleid: "Ode to Donor Gametes"
3 min
638
Gwendolyn Bennett: "Moon Tonight"
3 min
639
Charles Reznikoff: "Rhythms (Section I)"
3 min
640
Andrea Abi Karam: "Standing Dead"
2 min
641
Snigdha Koirala: "Fragments on Naturalization"
2 min
642
Lindsey Boldt: "A Bartable Enya Afternoon"
3 min
643
Tanya Lukin Linklater: "Ewako"
3 min
644
Mrigaa Sethi: "Names for Hunger"
3 min
645
Genevieve Taggard: "Skull Song"
4 min
646
Conrad Aiken: "Senlin: A Biography (Part I, Sec...
6 min
647
Ariel Resnikoff: "ghost canto"
5 min
648
Pattie McCarthy: from "outgoing tide—"
3 min
649
Michael Leong: "For My Cats Gaspara & Alfonsina"
2 min
650
Tarfia Faizullah: "Poem Without Love"
2 min