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