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
976
Mary Cornelia Hartshorne: "Fallen Leaves"
6 min
977
Donika Kelly: "I love you. I miss you. Please g...
2 min
978
D. A. Powell: "The Miracle of Giving"
3 min
979
Flower Conroy: "Frog"
3 min
980
Donna Spruijt-Metz: "Hoof"
3 min
981
Amy Beeder: "My Poisonous Cousin the Pipevine S...
2 min
982
Lynn Riggs: "The Arid Land"
2 min
983
Winnie Lewis Gravitt: "Sippokni Sia"
4 min
984
Randall Mann: "Cold War"
3 min
985
Patrick Phillips: "Galleria Ode"
2 min
986
Katie Ford: "Injury Room"
2 min
987
Guest Editor Interview: November Guest Editor S...
16 min
988
Alexis Aceves Garcia: "The Opposite of Abandonm...
4 min
989
Cristina Rivera Garza: "Saturday, April 17, 201...
5 min
990
E. E. Cummings: "Chansons Innocentes II"
3 min
991
Robert Frost: "In a Disused Graveyard"
3 min
992
Sarah Ghazal Ali: "Matrilineage (umbilicus)"
3 min
993
Maritza N. Estrada: "Audience"
6 min
994
Moncho Alvarado: "An Erasure of Senate Bill 169...
3 min
995
Ruth Ellen Kocher: "Grow"
4 min
996
Paul Hlava Ceballos: "ER S/P GSW"
3 min
997
Angelina Weld Grimké: "Tenebris"
3 min
998
W. B. Yeats: "The Host of the Air"
4 min
999
J. Estanislao Lopez: "The Systemic"
2 min
1000
Jonah Mixon-Webster: "Territory"
3 min