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
776
Raymond Luczak: "Otters"
3 min
777
Pia Täavila-Borsheim: "My Friend, Her Grandson"
3 min
778
Thomas Blacklock: "The Author's Picture"
6 min
779
Anna Williams: "On the Death of Sir Erasmus Phi...
4 min
780
Johnson Cheu: "Wail"
5 min
781
Nathan Spoon: "The Genie Speaks"
3 min
782
DJ Savarese: "The Caseworker Speaks of a Good Fit"
3 min
783
Frank Gallimore: "Parasitoid"
4 min
784
Maija Haavisto: "Ship/Plum"
4 min
785
Mary Toles Peet: "To a Bride"
3 min
786
Isaac Watts: "The Sluggard"
5 min
787
Jill Khoury: "Sleep Hygiene"
3 min
788
Roberto Cabrera: "Oregon State Hospital"
2 min
789
Nazifa Islam: "Stability Is a Feeling"
2 min
790
Simone Person: "Awkwafina Clarifies That She's ...
3 min
791
The Cyborg Jillian Weise: "Snow Globe of Denver"
2 min
792
Annie Charlotte Dalton: "Marie Bashkirtseff Said"
6 min
793
James Nack: "The Music of Beauty"
2 min
794
Brian Koukol: "Necromancy for the Bitter"
3 min
795
Latif Askia Ba: "Douglass Pool"
3 min
796
Kris Ringman: "Oak Skin"
3 min
797
Abiola Haroun: "Identity Voodoo"
3 min
798
Hayley Broadway: "Power Out!"
2 min
799
Alice Cornelia Jennings: "A Prayer in Signs"
5 min
800
William Gay: "A Sick-Room Idyll"
3 min