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
1051
Julia Bloch: "Valley Oak"
2 min
1052
Marianne Moore: "Black Earth"
6 min
1053
Maxwell Bodenheim: "Old Age"
3 min
1054
Anne Carson: "Short Talk on Pain"
2 min
1055
Lauren Russell: "Exposition"
4 min
1056
Gabrielle Civil: "Three of Cups"
4 min
1057
Hannah Ensor: "Agnes, a sleep"
4 min
1058
Jennifer Scappettone: "Syrinx Spring"
4 min
1059
Beatrice Ravenel: "The Humming-Bird"
4 min
1060
Edgar Lee Masters: "Theodore the Poet"
3 min
1061
Douglas Kearney: "Minotaur"
2 min
1062
Carlos Soto-Román: "The Tell-Tale Heart"
2 min
1063
Serena Chopra: "Garden Variety with Lesbians"
7 min
1064
Shivram Gopinath: "Pottu / Dot"
3 min
1065
Robin Silbergleid: "Ode to Donor Gametes"
3 min
1066
Gwendolyn Bennett: "Moon Tonight"
3 min
1067
Charles Reznikoff: "Rhythms (Section I)"
3 min
1068
Andrea Abi Karam: "Standing Dead"
2 min
1069
Snigdha Koirala: "Fragments on Naturalization"
2 min
1070
Lindsey Boldt: "A Bartable Enya Afternoon"
3 min
1071
Tanya Lukin Linklater: "Ewako"
3 min
1072
Mrigaa Sethi: "Names for Hunger"
3 min
1073
Genevieve Taggard: "Skull Song"
4 min
1074
Conrad Aiken: "Senlin: A Biography (Part I, Sec...
6 min
1075
Ariel Resnikoff: "ghost canto"
5 min