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
276
Hildegarde Flanner: "To a Tree in Bloom"
2 min
277
E. E. Cummings: "Here’s a Little Mouse"
3 min
278
Ollie Schminkey: "The First Rule of Buoyancy"
4 min
279
Isha Camara: "The Hills are Writing"
4 min
280
Guest Editor Interview: August 2024 Guest Edito...
10 min
281
Emily Khilfeh: "Ekphrasis On “The New York Time...
2 min
282
Tarik Dobbs: "Artist Statement"
2 min
283
Spencer Williams: "I wake at dawn to glimpse my...
2 min
284
Carl Sandburg: From “The Windy City”
4 min
285
Effie Lee Newsome: "At the Pool"
4 min
286
Golden: "& When They Come for Me (Reprise)"
3 min
287
Arianna Monet: "Thinking about “The Little Merm...
2 min
288
Justice Ameer: "Necessary Conditions"
2 min
289
C. T. Salazar: "River"
3 min
290
Gaia Rajan: "Dent"
2 min
291
William Carlos Williams: "The Lonely Street"
3 min
292
T. S. Eliot: "The Hollow Men"
6 min
293
Ilyus Evander: "tempo"
2 min
294
K. Iver: "The Gotham Hotel"
3 min
295
aeon ginsberg: "anyways im radicalized now"
5 min
296
Ally Ang: "Masculinity Ode"
2 min
297
jason b crawford: "Untitled 1975–86"
3 min
298
Archibald MacLeish: "The Altar"
3 min
299
Robinson Jeffers: "The Truce and the Peace"
14 min
300
Marlin M. Jenkins: "against cleansing"
2 min