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
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Mrigaa Sethi: "Names for Hunger"
3 min
852
Genevieve Taggard: "Skull Song"
4 min
853
Conrad Aiken: "Senlin: A Biography (Part I, Sec...
6 min
854
Ariel Resnikoff: "ghost canto"
5 min
855
Pattie McCarthy: from "outgoing tide—"
3 min
856
Michael Leong: "For My Cats Gaspara & Alfonsina"
2 min
857
Guest Editor Interview: August 2023 Guest Edito...
10 min
858
Tarfia Faizullah: "Poem Without Love"
2 min
859
Petra Kuppers: "Forest Starships"
3 min
860
Margaret Fairless Barber: "All Souls' Day in a ...
5 min
861
Henry Lawson: "Faces in the Street"
8 min
862
Sheila Black: "The Earth"
4 min
863
Tala Khanmalek: "Louise"
4 min
864
Ralph James Savarese: "The Bearing Edge"
3 min
865
Raymond Luczak: "Otters"
3 min
866
Pia Täavila-Borsheim: "My Friend, Her Grandson"
3 min
867
Thomas Blacklock: "The Author's Picture"
6 min
868
Anna Williams: "On the Death of Sir Erasmus Phi...
4 min
869
Johnson Cheu: "Wail"
5 min
870
Nathan Spoon: "The Genie Speaks"
3 min
871
DJ Savarese: "The Caseworker Speaks of a Good Fit"
3 min
872
Frank Gallimore: "Parasitoid"
4 min
873
Maija Haavisto: "Ship/Plum"
4 min
874
Mary Toles Peet: "To a Bride"
3 min
875
Isaac Watts: "The Sluggard"
5 min