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
776
Cecilia Woloch: "Prayer for 2018"
3 min
777
Divya Victor: "Make/Do"
4 min
778
Fady Joudah: "[…]"
2 min
779
Lo Kwa Mei-en: "Pinocchia, you must not stop fo...
3 min
780
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "My Easter Dove"
4 min
781
Guest Editor Interview: April 2024 Guest Editor...
18 min
782
Marianne Moore: "The Paper Nautilus"
4 min
783
Jeffrey McDaniel: "The Jesus Fridge"
3 min
784
Ciona Rouse: "Red-Shouldered Hawk"
6 min
785
Erika Meitner: "Just as the Darkness Got Very D...
5 min
786
Dorothy Chan: "Somehow"
2 min
787
Geffrey Davis: "Not to Be Confused with 'Poem'”
4 min
788
Marion Strobel: "Little Things"
3 min
789
Harriet Monroe: "The Giant Cactus of Arizona"
4 min
790
Taije Silverman: "Armageddon"
6 min
791
Shamala Gallagher: "'The New York Times' Says A...
3 min
792
Jan Beatty: "Drag"
2 min
793
Tim Seibles: "Naïve"
4 min
794
Saida Agostini: "black aphrodite entertains a m...
3 min
795
Sarah Lee Brown Fleming: "Come Let Us Be Friends"
3 min
796
Skipwith Cannell: "The Coming of Night"
4 min
797
Yona Harvey: "But for now the music swings from...
3 min
798
Brenda Shaughnessy: "2-Sided Map Shows Line Whe...
4 min
799
Patrick Rosal: "Yes It Will Rain (or Prayer for...
5 min
800
Kim Addonizio: "This Too Shall Pass"
3 min