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
901
Erika Meitner: "Just as the Darkness Got Very D...
5 min
902
Dorothy Chan: "Somehow"
2 min
903
Geffrey Davis: "Not to Be Confused with 'Poem'”
4 min
904
Marion Strobel: "Little Things"
3 min
905
Harriet Monroe: "The Giant Cactus of Arizona"
4 min
906
Taije Silverman: "Armageddon"
6 min
907
Shamala Gallagher: "'The New York Times' Says A...
3 min
908
Jan Beatty: "Drag"
2 min
909
Tim Seibles: "Naïve"
4 min
910
Saida Agostini: "black aphrodite entertains a m...
3 min
911
Sarah Lee Brown Fleming: "Come Let Us Be Friends"
3 min
912
Skipwith Cannell: "The Coming of Night"
4 min
913
Yona Harvey: "But for now the music swings from...
3 min
914
Brenda Shaughnessy: "2-Sided Map Shows Line Whe...
4 min
915
Patrick Rosal: "Yes It Will Rain (or Prayer for...
5 min
916
Kim Addonizio: "This Too Shall Pass"
3 min
917
Ellen Bass: "You’re the Top"
3 min
918
Maria White Lowell: "The Alpine Sheep"
5 min
919
Matthew Arnold: "A Southern Night"
7 min
920
Keetje Kuipers: "Emesis"
3 min
921
Tyler Mills: "ectopic"
3 min
922
Avni Vyas: "After Bob Across the Street Fires H...
2 min
923
Preeti Vangani: "One Cup of Chai"
3 min
924
Keith Leonard: "Abecedarian on the Good Father"
3 min
925
James Russell Lowell: "To the Dandelion"
6 min