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
826
Edgar Lee Masters: "Theodore the Poet"
3 min
827
Douglas Kearney: "Minotaur"
2 min
828
Carlos Soto-Román: "The Tell-Tale Heart"
2 min
829
Serena Chopra: "Garden Variety with Lesbians"
7 min
830
Shivram Gopinath: "Pottu / Dot"
3 min
831
Robin Silbergleid: "Ode to Donor Gametes"
3 min
832
Gwendolyn Bennett: "Moon Tonight"
3 min
833
Charles Reznikoff: "Rhythms (Section I)"
3 min
834
Andrea Abi Karam: "Standing Dead"
2 min
835
Snigdha Koirala: "Fragments on Naturalization"
2 min
836
Lindsey Boldt: "A Bartable Enya Afternoon"
3 min
837
Tanya Lukin Linklater: "Ewako"
3 min
838
Mrigaa Sethi: "Names for Hunger"
3 min
839
Genevieve Taggard: "Skull Song"
4 min
840
Conrad Aiken: "Senlin: A Biography (Part I, Sec...
6 min
841
Ariel Resnikoff: "ghost canto"
5 min
842
Pattie McCarthy: from "outgoing tide—"
3 min
843
Michael Leong: "For My Cats Gaspara & Alfonsina"
2 min
844
Tarfia Faizullah: "Poem Without Love"
2 min
845
Guest Editor Interview: August 2023 Guest Edito...
10 min
846
Petra Kuppers: "Forest Starships"
3 min
847
Margaret Fairless Barber: "All Souls' Day in a ...
5 min
848
Henry Lawson: "Faces in the Street"
8 min
849
Sheila Black: "The Earth"
4 min
850
Tala Khanmalek: "Louise"
4 min