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
651
Erika Meitner: "Just as the Darkness Got Very D...
5 min
652
Dorothy Chan: "Somehow"
2 min
653
Geffrey Davis: "Not to Be Confused with 'Poem'”
4 min
654
Marion Strobel: "Little Things"
3 min
655
Harriet Monroe: "The Giant Cactus of Arizona"
4 min
656
Taije Silverman: "Armageddon"
6 min
657
Shamala Gallagher: "'The New York Times' Says A...
3 min
658
Jan Beatty: "Drag"
2 min
659
Tim Seibles: "Naïve"
4 min
660
Saida Agostini: "black aphrodite entertains a m...
3 min
661
Sarah Lee Brown Fleming: "Come Let Us Be Friends"
3 min
662
Skipwith Cannell: "The Coming of Night"
4 min
663
Yona Harvey: "But for now the music swings from...
3 min
664
Brenda Shaughnessy: "2-Sided Map Shows Line Whe...
4 min
665
Patrick Rosal: "Yes It Will Rain (or Prayer for...
5 min
666
Kim Addonizio: "This Too Shall Pass"
3 min
667
Ellen Bass: "You’re the Top"
3 min
668
Maria White Lowell: "The Alpine Sheep"
5 min
669
Matthew Arnold: "A Southern Night"
7 min
670
Keetje Kuipers: "Emesis"
3 min
671
Tyler Mills: "ectopic"
3 min
672
Avni Vyas: "After Bob Across the Street Fires H...
2 min
673
Preeti Vangani: "One Cup of Chai"
3 min
674
Keith Leonard: "Abecedarian on the Good Father"
3 min
675
James Russell Lowell: "To the Dandelion"
6 min