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
201
Geoffrey Brock: “Goodbye”
2 min
202
Atsuro Riley: “We Be Ludere”
1 min
203
Ari Banias: “Task”
3 min
204
Brian Tierney: “Catering”
4 min
205
Cate Marvin: “The Truth”
2 min
206
Sharon Olds: “Boxer Aria”
3 min
207
Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy: “The Wolves”
4 min
208
Wayne Miller: “Theological”
2 min
209
Armen Davoudian: “Hot Springs”
2 min
210
Paul Tran: “Eros”
4 min
211
Aaron Smith: “I’m Dating a Man Who’s Married”
2 min
212
D. A. Powell: “Rewilding”
2 min
213
Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Fate”
4 min
214
Alfred Kreymborg: “Those Everlasting Blues”
4 min
215
Sandra Lim: “Cattiveria”
2 min
216
Noah Warren: “Shuttle”
3 min
217
Christian Gullette: “The Fates”
2 min
218
Natalie Shapero: “Hansel or Gretel”
3 min
219
Michael Dumanis: “Sehnsucht”
4 min
220
Stanley Kunitz: “Passing Through”
3 min
221
Li Bai: “The River-Merchant’s Wife: A Letter,” ...
4 min
222
Miguel Murphy: “August”
2 min
223
Jesse Nathan: “Panhandle”
3 min
224
Leonel Sánchez Lopez: “What the Birds Do”
2 min
225
Saeed Jones: “Self-Portrait as Hereboy, Sethe’s...
2 min