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
826
Cecilia Woloch: "Prayer for 2018"
3 min
827
Divya Victor: "Make/Do"
4 min
828
Fady Joudah: "[…]"
2 min
829
Lo Kwa Mei-en: "Pinocchia, you must not stop fo...
3 min
830
Guest Editor Interview: April 2024 Guest Editor...
18 min
831
Henrietta Cordelia Ray: "My Easter Dove"
4 min
832
Marianne Moore: "The Paper Nautilus"
4 min
833
Jeffrey McDaniel: "The Jesus Fridge"
3 min
834
Ciona Rouse: "Red-Shouldered Hawk"
6 min
835
Erika Meitner: "Just as the Darkness Got Very D...
5 min
836
Dorothy Chan: "Somehow"
2 min
837
Geffrey Davis: "Not to Be Confused with 'Poem'”
4 min
838
Marion Strobel: "Little Things"
3 min
839
Harriet Monroe: "The Giant Cactus of Arizona"
4 min
840
Taije Silverman: "Armageddon"
6 min
841
Shamala Gallagher: "'The New York Times' Says A...
3 min
842
Jan Beatty: "Drag"
2 min
843
Tim Seibles: "Naïve"
4 min
844
Saida Agostini: "black aphrodite entertains a m...
3 min
845
Sarah Lee Brown Fleming: "Come Let Us Be Friends"
3 min
846
Skipwith Cannell: "The Coming of Night"
4 min
847
Yona Harvey: "But for now the music swings from...
3 min
848
Brenda Shaughnessy: "2-Sided Map Shows Line Whe...
4 min
849
Patrick Rosal: "Yes It Will Rain (or Prayer for...
5 min
850
Kim Addonizio: "This Too Shall Pass"
3 min