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
51
Saida Agostini: "black aphrodite entertains a m...
3 min
52
Sarah Lee Brown Fleming: "Come Let Us Be Friends"
3 min
53
Skipwith Cannell: "The Coming of Night"
4 min
54
Yona Harvey: "But for now the music swings from...
3 min
55
Brenda Shaughnessy: "2-Sided Map Shows Line Whe...
4 min
56
Patrick Rosal: "Yes It Will Rain (or Prayer for...
5 min
57
Kim Addonizio: "This Too Shall Pass"
3 min
58
Ellen Bass: "You’re the Top"
3 min
59
Maria White Lowell: "The Alpine Sheep"
5 min
60
Matthew Arnold: "A Southern Night"
7 min
61
Keetje Kuipers: "Emesis"
3 min
62
Tyler Mills: "ectopic"
3 min
63
Avni Vyas: "After Bob Across the Street Fires H...
2 min
64
Preeti Vangani: "One Cup of Chai"
3 min
65
Keith Leonard: "Abecedarian on the Good Father"
3 min
66
James Russell Lowell: "To the Dandelion"
6 min
67
Emma Lazarus : From “An Epistle”
6 min
68
Diannely Antigua: "Blessing the Baby"
3 min
69
Guest Editor Interview: March 2024 Guest Editor...
12 min
70
Hayes Davis: “‘Thhhat was great’”
2 min
71
Jacqueline Allen Trimble: "Walking Beside the C...
4 min
72
Allison Joseph: "Incognito Grief: A Blues"
2 min
73
Teri Ellen Cross Davis: "Migraines have their say"
3 min
74
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.: "Sonnet"
3 min
75
Leslie Pinckney Hill: "The Black Man’s Bit"
5 min