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
126
Canese Jarboe: “Alternate Endings to Shania Twa...
3 min
127
Kimberly Quiogue Andrews: "Poem in Which the Po...
4 min
128
Henry Howard: "So Cruel Prison"
6 min
129
H. P. Lovecraft: From "Fungi of Yuggoth" [XIV. ...
3 min
130
Amy M. Alvarez: "Burn Out"
3 min
131
Iain Haley Pollock: "[And I return to the field]"
4 min
132
Natalie Scenters-Zapico: "Aura"
3 min
133
Elizabeth Bradfield: "The Teeth on My Wrist"
6 min
134
Katrina Vandenberg: "Tomatoes"
3 min
135
Frank Horne: "Youth"
2 min
136
Marie Ponsot: "Rain All Night, Paris"
2 min
137
A. L. Nielsen: "Consensus"
6 min
138
Rebecca Gayle Howell: "How Will I Know You" [Fo...
3 min
139
Todd Davis: "How She Heard It"
3 min
140
Lindsay Bernal: "The Laundresses"
4 min
141
Tim Earley: "Vacation Bible School"
4 min
142
Samuel Beckett: "Whoroscope"
7 min
143
E. E. Cummings: From "Puella Mea" [Through the ...
2 min
144
Adam Giannelli: "Alliterative Autobiography"
5 min
145
Jenny Johnson: "Queer Trivia Night"
6 min
146
Jacob Shores-Argüello: "The Names of Grasses"
3 min
147
Sara Nicholson: "What Ails Me"
3 min
148
Gary Jackson: "Chickens"
3 min
149
W. H. Auden: "II" [Doom is dark and deeper than...
3 min
150
André Fontainas, translated by Jethro Bithell: ...
3 min