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
Marianne Moore: "The Paper Nautilus"
4 min
927
Jeffrey McDaniel: "The Jesus Fridge"
3 min
928
Ciona Rouse: "Red-Shouldered Hawk"
6 min
929
Erika Meitner: "Just as the Darkness Got Very D...
5 min
930
Dorothy Chan: "Somehow"
2 min
931
Geffrey Davis: "Not to Be Confused with 'Poem'”
4 min
932
Marion Strobel: "Little Things"
3 min
933
Harriet Monroe: "The Giant Cactus of Arizona"
4 min
934
Taije Silverman: "Armageddon"
6 min
935
Shamala Gallagher: "'The New York Times' Says A...
3 min
936
Jan Beatty: "Drag"
2 min
937
Tim Seibles: "Naïve"
4 min
938
Saida Agostini: "black aphrodite entertains a m...
3 min
939
Sarah Lee Brown Fleming: "Come Let Us Be Friends"
3 min
940
Skipwith Cannell: "The Coming of Night"
4 min
941
Yona Harvey: "But for now the music swings from...
3 min
942
Brenda Shaughnessy: "2-Sided Map Shows Line Whe...
4 min
943
Patrick Rosal: "Yes It Will Rain (or Prayer for...
5 min
944
Kim Addonizio: "This Too Shall Pass"
3 min
945
Ellen Bass: "You’re the Top"
3 min
946
Maria White Lowell: "The Alpine Sheep"
5 min
947
Matthew Arnold: "A Southern Night"
7 min
948
Keetje Kuipers: "Emesis"
3 min
949
Tyler Mills: "ectopic"
3 min
950
Avni Vyas: "After Bob Across the Street Fires H...
2 min