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
1101
Mrigaa Sethi: "Names for Hunger"
3 min
1102
Genevieve Taggard: "Skull Song"
4 min
1103
Conrad Aiken: "Senlin: A Biography (Part I, Sec...
6 min
1104
Ariel Resnikoff: "ghost canto"
5 min
1105
Pattie McCarthy: from "outgoing tide—"
3 min
1106
Michael Leong: "For My Cats Gaspara & Alfonsina"
2 min
1107
Guest Editor Interview: August 2023 Guest Edito...
10 min
1108
Tarfia Faizullah: "Poem Without Love"
2 min
1109
Petra Kuppers: "Forest Starships"
3 min
1110
Margaret Fairless Barber: "All Souls' Day in a ...
5 min
1111
Henry Lawson: "Faces in the Street"
8 min
1112
Sheila Black: "The Earth"
4 min
1113
Tala Khanmalek: "Louise"
4 min
1114
Ralph James Savarese: "The Bearing Edge"
3 min
1115
Raymond Luczak: "Otters"
3 min
1116
Pia Täavila-Borsheim: "My Friend, Her Grandson"
3 min
1117
Thomas Blacklock: "The Author's Picture"
6 min
1118
Anna Williams: "On the Death of Sir Erasmus Phi...
4 min
1119
Johnson Cheu: "Wail"
5 min
1120
Nathan Spoon: "The Genie Speaks"
3 min
1121
DJ Savarese: "The Caseworker Speaks of a Good Fit"
3 min
1122
Frank Gallimore: "Parasitoid"
4 min
1123
Maija Haavisto: "Ship/Plum"
4 min
1124
Mary Toles Peet: "To a Bride"
3 min
1125
Isaac Watts: "The Sluggard"
5 min