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
Anders Carlson-Wee: "Spirits"
2 min
202
Malia Maxwell: "In the not-not-woods"
4 min
203
Arno Holz, translated by Babette Deutsch and Av...
2 min
204
Maxine Scates: "Flyway"
3 min
205
Rebecca Bornstein: "Love Poem to Taco Bell"
4 min
206
Jake Young: "Working at the Distillery"
3 min
207
Thomas Centolella: "Cynthia Wanders My Neighbor...
3 min
208
Tracey Knapp: "To the Sea"
3 min
209
Thomas Wyatt: "[The long love that in my though...
2 min
210
Louis Untermeyer: "End of the Comedy"
2 min
211
Michael Montlack: “‘I came here to be a poet …’”
3 min
212
Alison Luterman: "What the Strength Card in the...
3 min
213
Arielle Hebert: "Our Book of Delights"
4 min
214
Celeste Doaks: "Daniel’s Response to Jet, or Wh...
3 min
215
Gary Young: "[Each morning before dawn,]"
2 min
216
Raffi Joe Wartanian: "Tongue"
3 min
217
Jesse Arlen: "𓆭 [Tree]"
3 min
218
Suzanne Cleary: "Mercury"
3 min
219
Didi Jackson: "Spot"
3 min
220
William Archila: "Ginebra"
4 min
221
Susan Deer Cloud: "Waking in Deep Night to the ...
5 min
222
Kathy Evans: "Bio"
2 min
223
Hrayr Varaz: "Ladletime: Night Time"
6 min
224
Lola Koundakjian: "The Little Boy"
2 min
225
Michelle Bitting: "Richard’s Not Such a Die-Har...
4 min