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
926
Prageeta Sharma: "Lateral Violence"
5 min
927
Julia Bloch: "Valley Oak"
2 min
928
Marianne Moore: "Black Earth"
6 min
929
Maxwell Bodenheim: "Old Age"
3 min
930
Anne Carson: "Short Talk on Pain"
2 min
931
Lauren Russell: "Exposition"
4 min
932
Gabrielle Civil: "Three of Cups"
4 min
933
Hannah Ensor: "Agnes, a sleep"
4 min
934
Jennifer Scappettone: "Syrinx Spring"
4 min
935
Beatrice Ravenel: "The Humming-Bird"
4 min
936
Edgar Lee Masters: "Theodore the Poet"
3 min
937
Douglas Kearney: "Minotaur"
2 min
938
Carlos Soto-Román: "The Tell-Tale Heart"
2 min
939
Serena Chopra: "Garden Variety with Lesbians"
7 min
940
Shivram Gopinath: "Pottu / Dot"
3 min
941
Robin Silbergleid: "Ode to Donor Gametes"
3 min
942
Gwendolyn Bennett: "Moon Tonight"
3 min
943
Charles Reznikoff: "Rhythms (Section I)"
3 min
944
Andrea Abi Karam: "Standing Dead"
2 min
945
Snigdha Koirala: "Fragments on Naturalization"
2 min
946
Lindsey Boldt: "A Bartable Enya Afternoon"
3 min
947
Tanya Lukin Linklater: "Ewako"
3 min
948
Mrigaa Sethi: "Names for Hunger"
3 min
949
Genevieve Taggard: "Skull Song"
4 min
950
Conrad Aiken: "Senlin: A Biography (Part I, Sec...
6 min