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
Kimberly Quiogue Andrews: "Poem in Which the Po...
4 min
177
Henry Howard: "So Cruel Prison"
6 min
178
H. P. Lovecraft: From "Fungi of Yuggoth" [XIV. ...
3 min
179
Amy M. Alvarez: "Burn Out"
3 min
180
Iain Haley Pollock: "[And I return to the field]"
4 min
181
Natalie Scenters-Zapico: "Aura"
3 min
182
Elizabeth Bradfield: "The Teeth on My Wrist"
6 min
183
Katrina Vandenberg: "Tomatoes"
3 min
184
Frank Horne: "Youth"
2 min
185
Marie Ponsot: "Rain All Night, Paris"
2 min
186
A. L. Nielsen: "Consensus"
6 min
187
Rebecca Gayle Howell: "How Will I Know You" [Fo...
3 min
188
Todd Davis: "How She Heard It"
3 min
189
Lindsay Bernal: "The Laundresses"
4 min
190
Tim Earley: "Vacation Bible School"
4 min
191
Samuel Beckett: "Whoroscope"
7 min
192
E. E. Cummings: From "Puella Mea" [Through the ...
2 min
193
Adam Giannelli: "Alliterative Autobiography"
5 min
194
Jenny Johnson: "Queer Trivia Night"
6 min
195
Jacob Shores-Argüello: "The Names of Grasses"
3 min
196
Sara Nicholson: "What Ails Me"
3 min
197
Gary Jackson: "Chickens"
3 min
198
W. H. Auden: "II" [Doom is dark and deeper than...
3 min
199
André Fontainas, translated by Jethro Bithell: ...
3 min
200
J. Bailey Hutchinson: "Megaloceros"
3 min