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
Jan Mandell: "Ode to Aging Bodies"
3 min
277
Alafia Nicole Sessions: "Fable with Cyst, Celes...
3 min
278
Sin à Tes Souhaits: "On Crip"
4 min
279
Jayson P. Smith: "on fathers & swords"
3 min
280
Sam Sax: "My Hole. My Whole."
3 min
281
Wallace Stevens: "Peter Quince at the Clavier"
6 min
282
Dorothy Parker: "Incurable"
3 min
283
Ajanaé Dawkins: "How to Witness a Miracle Witho...
3 min
284
Tameka Cage Conley: "Kin: First Responders"
4 min
285
Nabila Lovelace: "Sojourned."
4 min
286
Tish Jones: "There Was No Sun in the Room"
2 min
287
Bernardo Wade: "The Hymn"
2 min
288
Robert Frost: "Acceptance"
3 min
289
Karle Wilson Baker: "Bluebird and Cardinal"
6 min
290
Chandler Peters-Durose: "Rest stop"
2 min
291
Desdamona: "Once and Future"
3 min
292
Farah Habad: "And out of the ashes"
3 min
293
Kyle Tran Myhre: "When it Really is Just the Wi...
5 min
294
Ty Chapman: "Alone in bed thinking about anothe...
2 min
295
Hildegarde Flanner: "To a Tree in Bloom"
2 min
296
E. E. Cummings: "Here’s a Little Mouse"
3 min
297
Ollie Schminkey: "The First Rule of Buoyancy"
4 min
298
Isha Camara: "The Hills are Writing"
4 min
299
Guest Editor Interview: August 2024 Guest Edito...
10 min
300
Emily Khilfeh: "Ekphrasis On “The New York Time...
2 min