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 Thea Matthews. 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
Erika Meitner: "Just as the Darkness Got Very D...
5 min
127
Dorothy Chan: "Somehow"
2 min
128
Geffrey Davis: "Not to Be Confused with 'Poem'”
4 min
129
Marion Strobel: "Little Things"
3 min
130
Harriet Monroe: "The Giant Cactus of Arizona"
4 min
131
Taije Silverman: "Armageddon"
6 min
132
Shamala Gallagher: "'The New York Times' Says A...
3 min
133
Jan Beatty: "Drag"
2 min
134
Tim Seibles: "Naïve"
4 min
135
Saida Agostini: "black aphrodite entertains a m...
3 min
136
Sarah Lee Brown Fleming: "Come Let Us Be Friends"
3 min
137
Skipwith Cannell: "The Coming of Night"
4 min
138
Yona Harvey: "But for now the music swings from...
3 min
139
Brenda Shaughnessy: "2-Sided Map Shows Line Whe...
4 min
140
Patrick Rosal: "Yes It Will Rain (or Prayer for...
5 min
141
Kim Addonizio: "This Too Shall Pass"
3 min
142
Ellen Bass: "You’re the Top"
3 min
143
Maria White Lowell: "The Alpine Sheep"
5 min
144
Matthew Arnold: "A Southern Night"
7 min
145
Keetje Kuipers: "Emesis"
3 min
146
Tyler Mills: "ectopic"
3 min
147
Avni Vyas: "After Bob Across the Street Fires H...
2 min
148
Preeti Vangani: "One Cup of Chai"
3 min
149
Keith Leonard: "Abecedarian on the Good Father"
3 min
150
James Russell Lowell: "To the Dandelion"
6 min