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
Abigail Chabitnoy: "Everything Exactly as It Se...
3 min
202
Elizabeth Lindsey Rogers: "Jessica McClure, Aft...
4 min
203
Benjamin Garcia: "Egg Tooth"
3 min
204
Samuel Alfred Beadle: "Alice"
3 min
205
Anne Brontë: "Night"
3 min
206
Lisa Bickmore: "flit [sparrow]"
3 min
207
Kimberly Blaeser: "Postures of Devotion"
7 min
208
Annie Wenstrup: "Lodestone"
4 min
209
Lance Larsen: "To My Daughter's Dead Name"
3 min
210
Trish Hopkinson: "Clutch"
3 min
211
Washington Matthews: "Song 'A'"
3 min
212
Witter Bynner: "Madagascar [Opus 104]"
2 min
213
Chris Watkins: "The Sonnet in Drag"
3 min
214
Carol Moldaw: "What We Wanted"
4 min
215
Erin Marie Lynch: "Poshmark"
3 min
216
Rob Arnold: "Fourth of July"
3 min
217
Elise Paschen: "Aperture"
3 min
218
Alan Seeger: "Liebestod"
4 min
219
Mary Cornelia Hartshorne: "The Poet"
3 min
220
Alice Fulton: "Tough Zinnias"
4 min
221
Landis Grenville: "Homecoming"
3 min
222
Anthony Borruso: "Some Melodious Plot"
4 min
223
James Thomas Stevens: "To Hell Gate"
3 min
224
Anne Marie Rooney: "Abstraction"
2 min
225
Anonymous: "Lament of a Man for His Son"
3 min