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
801
Maxwell Bodenheim: "Old Age"
3 min
802
Anne Carson: "Short Talk on Pain"
2 min
803
Lauren Russell: "Exposition"
4 min
804
Gabrielle Civil: "Three of Cups"
4 min
805
Hannah Ensor: "Agnes, a sleep"
4 min
806
Jennifer Scappettone: "Syrinx Spring"
4 min
807
Beatrice Ravenel: "The Humming-Bird"
4 min
808
Edgar Lee Masters: "Theodore the Poet"
3 min
809
Douglas Kearney: "Minotaur"
2 min
810
Carlos Soto-Román: "The Tell-Tale Heart"
2 min
811
Serena Chopra: "Garden Variety with Lesbians"
7 min
812
Shivram Gopinath: "Pottu / Dot"
3 min
813
Robin Silbergleid: "Ode to Donor Gametes"
3 min
814
Gwendolyn Bennett: "Moon Tonight"
3 min
815
Charles Reznikoff: "Rhythms (Section I)"
3 min
816
Andrea Abi Karam: "Standing Dead"
2 min
817
Snigdha Koirala: "Fragments on Naturalization"
2 min
818
Lindsey Boldt: "A Bartable Enya Afternoon"
3 min
819
Tanya Lukin Linklater: "Ewako"
3 min
820
Mrigaa Sethi: "Names for Hunger"
3 min
821
Genevieve Taggard: "Skull Song"
4 min
822
Conrad Aiken: "Senlin: A Biography (Part I, Sec...
6 min
823
Ariel Resnikoff: "ghost canto"
5 min
824
Pattie McCarthy: from "outgoing tide—"
3 min
825
Michael Leong: "For My Cats Gaspara & Alfonsina"
2 min