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 Thea Matthews. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.

Books
1
Mark Halliday: "Hoops with Nets"
3 min
2
Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello: "The Houseguest"
3 min
3
Ashley M. Jones: "HOLYHEADHARRIET"
4 min
4
Megan Fernandes: "On the One Hand"
2 min
5
Kevin Young: "Mantle"
2 min
6
William Rose Benét: "The City"
5 min
7
Arna Bontemps: "My Heart Has Known Its Winter"
2 min
8
Peter Balakian: "Day of the Dead"
3 min
9
Kerry Hardie: "Acceptance"
2 min
10
Robert Wrigley: "Centaur over Tomer Butte"
3 min
11
Tom Healy: "Sonnet for the Chickens"
2 min
12
Emma Trelles: "Dear Sister"
4 min
13
Harriet Monroe: "With a Copy of Shelley"
3 min
14
Amos Wilder: "Winter Night"
3 min
15
Laurel Nakanishi: "Sleepless Pantoum"
2 min
16
Dylan Brennan: From “A First Glimpse of Ireland”
3 min
17
Carlie Hoffman: "After Morlot Avenue"
6 min
18
P. Scott Cunningham: "Florida Snow"
2 min
19
Ariel Francisco: "On the Shore of Lake Atitlán,...
1 min
20
Babette Deutsch: "Hibernal"
3 min
21
Robert Bridges: "January"
3 min
22
Michael Hettich: "The Angels"
3 min
23
Alexandra Lytton Regalado: "¿Qué Quiere, Corazón?"
4 min
24
William Archila: "Little soul lost, little shin...
3 min
25
Sahar Muradi: "All I can see is nothing"
4 min