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
1151
Julia Bloch: "Valley Oak"
2 min
1152
Marianne Moore: "Black Earth"
6 min
1153
Maxwell Bodenheim: "Old Age"
3 min
1154
Anne Carson: "Short Talk on Pain"
2 min
1155
Lauren Russell: "Exposition"
4 min
1156
Gabrielle Civil: "Three of Cups"
4 min
1157
Hannah Ensor: "Agnes, a sleep"
4 min
1158
Jennifer Scappettone: "Syrinx Spring"
4 min
1159
Beatrice Ravenel: "The Humming-Bird"
4 min
1160
Edgar Lee Masters: "Theodore the Poet"
3 min
1161
Douglas Kearney: "Minotaur"
2 min
1162
Carlos Soto-Román: "The Tell-Tale Heart"
2 min
1163
Serena Chopra: "Garden Variety with Lesbians"
7 min
1164
Shivram Gopinath: "Pottu / Dot"
3 min
1165
Robin Silbergleid: "Ode to Donor Gametes"
3 min
1166
Gwendolyn Bennett: "Moon Tonight"
3 min
1167
Charles Reznikoff: "Rhythms (Section I)"
3 min
1168
Andrea Abi Karam: "Standing Dead"
2 min
1169
Snigdha Koirala: "Fragments on Naturalization"
2 min
1170
Lindsey Boldt: "A Bartable Enya Afternoon"
3 min
1171
Tanya Lukin Linklater: "Ewako"
3 min
1172
Mrigaa Sethi: "Names for Hunger"
3 min
1173
Genevieve Taggard: "Skull Song"
4 min
1174
Conrad Aiken: "Senlin: A Biography (Part I, Sec...
6 min
1175
Ariel Resnikoff: "ghost canto"
5 min