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
851
Edgar Guest: "Home"
4 min
852
Willyce Kim: "Places"
3 min
853
Guest Editor Interview: September 2023 Guest Ed...
17 min
854
M. NourbeSe Philip: "frigates that take us land...
4 min
855
Julie Ezelle-Patton: [Aeons quest eye on]
3 min
856
Prageeta Sharma: "Lateral Violence"
5 min
857
Julia Bloch: "Valley Oak"
2 min
858
Marianne Moore: "Black Earth"
6 min
859
Maxwell Bodenheim: "Old Age"
3 min
860
Anne Carson: "Short Talk on Pain"
2 min
861
Lauren Russell: "Exposition"
4 min
862
Gabrielle Civil: "Three of Cups"
4 min
863
Hannah Ensor: "Agnes, a sleep"
4 min
864
Jennifer Scappettone: "Syrinx Spring"
4 min
865
Beatrice Ravenel: "The Humming-Bird"
4 min
866
Edgar Lee Masters: "Theodore the Poet"
3 min
867
Douglas Kearney: "Minotaur"
2 min
868
Carlos Soto-Román: "The Tell-Tale Heart"
2 min
869
Serena Chopra: "Garden Variety with Lesbians"
7 min
870
Shivram Gopinath: "Pottu / Dot"
3 min
871
Robin Silbergleid: "Ode to Donor Gametes"
3 min
872
Gwendolyn Bennett: "Moon Tonight"
3 min
873
Charles Reznikoff: "Rhythms (Section I)"
3 min
874
Andrea Abi Karam: "Standing Dead"
2 min
875
Snigdha Koirala: "Fragments on Naturalization"
2 min