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 Coleman Edward Dues. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.

Books
51
Shivram Gopinath: "Pottu / Dot"
3 min
52
Robin Silbergleid: "Ode to Donor Gametes"
3 min
53
Gwendolyn Bennett: "Moon Tonight"
3 min
54
Charles Reznikoff: "Rhythms (Section I)"
3 min
55
Andrea Abi Karam: "Standing Dead"
2 min
56
Snigdha Koirala: "Fragments on Naturalization"
2 min
57
Lindsey Boldt: "A Bartable Enya Afternoon"
3 min
58
Tanya Lukin Linklater: "Ewako"
3 min
59
Mrigaa Sethi: "Names for Hunger"
3 min
60
Genevieve Taggard: "Skull Song"
4 min
61
Conrad Aiken: "Senlin: A Biography (Part I, Sec...
6 min
62
Ariel Resnikoff: "ghost canto"
5 min
63
Pattie McCarthy: from "outgoing tide—"
3 min
64
Michael Leong: "For My Cats Gaspara & Alfonsina"
2 min
65
Tarfia Faizullah: "Poem Without Love"
2 min
66
Guest Editor Interview: August 2023 Guest Edito...
10 min
67
Petra Kuppers: "Forest Starships"
3 min
68
Margaret Fairless Barber: "All Souls' Day in a ...
5 min
69
Henry Lawson: "Faces in the Street"
8 min
70
Sheila Black: "The Earth"
4 min
71
Tala Khanmalek: "Louise"
4 min
72
Ralph James Savarese: "The Bearing Edge"
3 min
73
Raymond Luczak: "Otters"
3 min
74
Pia Täavila-Borsheim: "My Friend, Her Grandson"
3 min
75
Thomas Blacklock: "The Author's Picture"
6 min