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
176
Abigail Chabitnoy: "Everything Exactly as It Se...
3 min
177
Elizabeth Lindsey Rogers: "Jessica McClure, Aft...
4 min
178
Benjamin Garcia: "Egg Tooth"
3 min
179
Samuel Alfred Beadle: "Alice"
3 min
180
Anne Brontë: "Night"
3 min
181
Lisa Bickmore: "flit [sparrow]"
3 min
182
Kimberly Blaeser: "Postures of Devotion"
7 min
183
Annie Wenstrup: "Lodestone"
4 min
184
Lance Larsen: "To My Daughter's Dead Name"
3 min
185
Trish Hopkinson: "Clutch"
3 min
186
Washington Matthews: "Song 'A'"
3 min
187
Witter Bynner: "Madagascar [Opus 104]"
2 min
188
Chris Watkins: "The Sonnet in Drag"
3 min
189
Carol Moldaw: "What We Wanted"
4 min
190
Erin Marie Lynch: "Poshmark"
3 min
191
Rob Arnold: "Fourth of July"
3 min
192
Elise Paschen: "Aperture"
3 min
193
Alan Seeger: "Liebestod"
4 min
194
Mary Cornelia Hartshorne: "The Poet"
3 min
195
Alice Fulton: "Tough Zinnias"
4 min
196
Landis Grenville: "Homecoming"
3 min
197
Anthony Borruso: "Some Melodious Plot"
4 min
198
James Thomas Stevens: "To Hell Gate"
3 min
199
Anne Marie Rooney: "Abstraction"
2 min
200
Anonymous: "Lament of a Man for His Son"
3 min