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
301
Justin Rovillos Monson: "Institutional(ized) Po...
3 min
302
Raquel Gutiérrez: "Solip Cystic"
2 min
303
Benjamin Krusling: "what can I know what should...
3 min
304
W. J. Lofton: "The Lord is American"
3 min
305
Terrance Hayes: "Vintage Vanity"
6 min
306
Ella Wheeler Wilcox: "Love’s Language"
3 min
307
Kinsale Drake: "Rebuke/ /Spell"
3 min
308
Zaina Alsous: "To a Young Poet"
4 min
309
Mónica Alexandra Jiménez: "Theft"
2 min
310
MaKshya Tolbert: "Ways to Measure Trees "
3 min
311
Chibueze Crouch-Anyarogbu: "host"
2 min
312
William Moore: "Expectancy"
3 min
313
Angelina Weld Grimké: "Surrender"
3 min
314
Omar Berrada: "A Thistle Will Do"
3 min
315
Lily Painter: "Funk (#49 song)"
3 min
316
Youna Kwak: "After [I never feel so alive as wh...
2 min
317
Aldrin Regina Valdez: "January”
2 min
318
m.s. RedCherries: "playing america in spring
1 min
319
Blanche Taylor Dickinson: "Things Said When He ...
3 min
320
Frank Barbour Coffin: "The Negro’s 'America'”
3 min
321
Robert Hass: "The Creek in Shirley Canyon"
3 min
322
Guest Editor Interview: February 2025 Guest Edi...
23 min
323
Catherine Bowman: "Pears"
3 min
324
James Hannaham: " Apophasis Now"
1 min
325
Denise Duhamel: "Poem in Which My Mother Snapped"
2 min