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
701
Tanya Lukin Linklater: "Ewako"
3 min
702
Mrigaa Sethi: "Names for Hunger"
3 min
703
Genevieve Taggard: "Skull Song"
4 min
704
Conrad Aiken: "Senlin: A Biography (Part I, Sec...
6 min
705
Ariel Resnikoff: "ghost canto"
5 min
706
Pattie McCarthy: from "outgoing tide—"
3 min
707
Michael Leong: "For My Cats Gaspara & Alfonsina"
2 min
708
Guest Editor Interview: August 2023 Guest Edito...
10 min
709
Tarfia Faizullah: "Poem Without Love"
2 min
710
Petra Kuppers: "Forest Starships"
3 min
711
Margaret Fairless Barber: "All Souls' Day in a ...
5 min
712
Henry Lawson: "Faces in the Street"
8 min
713
Sheila Black: "The Earth"
4 min
714
Tala Khanmalek: "Louise"
4 min
715
Ralph James Savarese: "The Bearing Edge"
3 min
716
Raymond Luczak: "Otters"
3 min
717
Pia Täavila-Borsheim: "My Friend, Her Grandson"
3 min
718
Thomas Blacklock: "The Author's Picture"
6 min
719
Anna Williams: "On the Death of Sir Erasmus Phi...
4 min
720
Johnson Cheu: "Wail"
5 min
721
Nathan Spoon: "The Genie Speaks"
3 min
722
DJ Savarese: "The Caseworker Speaks of a Good Fit"
3 min
723
Frank Gallimore: "Parasitoid"
4 min
724
Maija Haavisto: "Ship/Plum"
4 min
725
Mary Toles Peet: "To a Bride"
3 min