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
226
Leonora Speyer: "The Story as I Understand It"
3 min
227
Emma Lazarus: "Fog"
7 min
228
Kamelya Omayma Youssef: "Amto remembers Hussein...
7 min
229
Guest Editor Interview: March 2025 Guest Editor...
13 min
230
Andrea Abi-Karam: "DEAR GABRIELLE,"
3 min
231
Poupeh Missaghi: "Symptoms that May Be Signs of...
5 min
232
Fargo Nissim Tbakhi: "Last Sky World Burn"
2 min
233
Rachel Kyung-Joo Shin: "Spring"
3 min
234
Mark Van Doren: "The Rivals"
2 min
235
Fenton Johnson: "Harlem: The Black City"
3 min
236
Diana Marie Delgado: "And So Many Are Dear"
2 min
237
Justin Rovillos Monson: "Institutional(ized) Po...
3 min
238
Raquel Gutiérrez: "Solip Cystic"
2 min
239
Benjamin Krusling: "what can I know what should...
3 min
240
W. J. Lofton: "The Lord is American"
3 min
241
Terrance Hayes: "Vintage Vanity"
6 min
242
Ella Wheeler Wilcox: "Love’s Language"
3 min
243
Kinsale Drake: "Rebuke/ /Spell"
3 min
244
Zaina Alsous: "To a Young Poet"
4 min
245
Mónica Alexandra Jiménez: "Theft"
2 min
246
MaKshya Tolbert: "Ways to Measure Trees "
3 min
247
Chibueze Crouch-Anyarogbu: "host"
2 min
248
William Moore: "Expectancy"
3 min
249
Angelina Weld Grimké: "Surrender"
3 min
250
Omar Berrada: "A Thistle Will Do"
3 min