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
1026
Julia Bloch: "Valley Oak"
2 min
1027
Marianne Moore: "Black Earth"
6 min
1028
Maxwell Bodenheim: "Old Age"
3 min
1029
Anne Carson: "Short Talk on Pain"
2 min
1030
Lauren Russell: "Exposition"
4 min
1031
Gabrielle Civil: "Three of Cups"
4 min
1032
Hannah Ensor: "Agnes, a sleep"
4 min
1033
Jennifer Scappettone: "Syrinx Spring"
4 min
1034
Beatrice Ravenel: "The Humming-Bird"
4 min
1035
Edgar Lee Masters: "Theodore the Poet"
3 min
1036
Douglas Kearney: "Minotaur"
2 min
1037
Carlos Soto-Román: "The Tell-Tale Heart"
2 min
1038
Serena Chopra: "Garden Variety with Lesbians"
7 min
1039
Shivram Gopinath: "Pottu / Dot"
3 min
1040
Robin Silbergleid: "Ode to Donor Gametes"
3 min
1041
Gwendolyn Bennett: "Moon Tonight"
3 min
1042
Charles Reznikoff: "Rhythms (Section I)"
3 min
1043
Andrea Abi Karam: "Standing Dead"
2 min
1044
Snigdha Koirala: "Fragments on Naturalization"
2 min
1045
Lindsey Boldt: "A Bartable Enya Afternoon"
3 min
1046
Tanya Lukin Linklater: "Ewako"
3 min
1047
Mrigaa Sethi: "Names for Hunger"
3 min
1048
Genevieve Taggard: "Skull Song"
4 min
1049
Conrad Aiken: "Senlin: A Biography (Part I, Sec...
6 min
1050
Ariel Resnikoff: "ghost canto"
5 min