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
Kai Carlson-Wee: "Blue Room"
3 min
177
Anders Carlson-Wee: "Spirits"
2 min
178
Malia Maxwell: "In the not-not-woods"
4 min
179
Arno Holz, translated by Babette Deutsch and Av...
2 min
180
Maxine Scates: "Flyway"
3 min
181
Rebecca Bornstein: "Love Poem to Taco Bell"
4 min
182
Jake Young: "Working at the Distillery"
3 min
183
Thomas Centolella: "Cynthia Wanders My Neighbor...
3 min
184
Tracey Knapp: "To the Sea"
3 min
185
Thomas Wyatt: "[The long love that in my though...
2 min
186
Louis Untermeyer: "End of the Comedy"
2 min
187
Michael Montlack: “‘I came here to be a poet …’”
3 min
188
Alison Luterman: "What the Strength Card in the...
3 min
189
Arielle Hebert: "Our Book of Delights"
4 min
190
Celeste Doaks: "Daniel’s Response to Jet, or Wh...
3 min
191
Gary Young: "[Each morning before dawn,]"
2 min
192
Raffi Joe Wartanian: "Tongue"
3 min
193
Jesse Arlen: "𓆭 [Tree]"
3 min
194
Suzanne Cleary: "Mercury"
3 min
195
Didi Jackson: "Spot"
3 min
196
William Archila: "Ginebra"
4 min
197
Susan Deer Cloud: "Waking in Deep Night to the ...
5 min
198
Kathy Evans: "Bio"
2 min
199
Hrayr Varaz: "Ladletime: Night Time"
6 min
200
Lola Koundakjian: "The Little Boy"
2 min