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
276
Raquel Gutiérrez: "Solip Cystic"
2 min
277
Benjamin Krusling: "what can I know what should...
3 min
278
W. J. Lofton: "The Lord is American"
3 min
279
Terrance Hayes: "Vintage Vanity"
6 min
280
Ella Wheeler Wilcox: "Love’s Language"
3 min
281
Kinsale Drake: "Rebuke/ /Spell"
3 min
282
Zaina Alsous: "To a Young Poet"
4 min
283
Mónica Alexandra Jiménez: "Theft"
2 min
284
MaKshya Tolbert: "Ways to Measure Trees "
3 min
285
Chibueze Crouch-Anyarogbu: "host"
2 min
286
William Moore: "Expectancy"
3 min
287
Angelina Weld Grimké: "Surrender"
3 min
288
Omar Berrada: "A Thistle Will Do"
3 min
289
Lily Painter: "Funk (#49 song)"
3 min
290
Youna Kwak: "After [I never feel so alive as wh...
2 min
291
Aldrin Regina Valdez: "January”
2 min
292
m.s. RedCherries: "playing america in spring
1 min
293
Blanche Taylor Dickinson: "Things Said When He ...
3 min
294
Frank Barbour Coffin: "The Negro’s 'America'”
3 min
295
Robert Hass: "The Creek in Shirley Canyon"
3 min
296
Guest Editor Interview: February 2025 Guest Edi...
23 min
297
Catherine Bowman: "Pears"
3 min
298
James Hannaham: " Apophasis Now"
1 min
299
Denise Duhamel: "Poem in Which My Mother Snapped"
2 min
300
Hisham Bustani: "An inauspicious day from the g...
8 min