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
301
Avni Vyas: "After Bob Across the Street Fires H...
2 min
302
Preeti Vangani: "One Cup of Chai"
3 min
303
Keith Leonard: "Abecedarian on the Good Father"
3 min
304
James Russell Lowell: "To the Dandelion"
6 min
305
Emma Lazarus : From “An Epistle”
6 min
306
Diannely Antigua: "Blessing the Baby"
3 min
307
Hayes Davis: “‘Thhhat was great’”
2 min
308
Guest Editor Interview: March 2024 Guest Editor...
12 min
309
Jacqueline Allen Trimble: "Walking Beside the C...
4 min
310
Allison Joseph: "Incognito Grief: A Blues"
2 min
311
Teri Ellen Cross Davis: "Migraines have their say"
3 min
312
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.: "Sonnet"
3 min
313
Leslie Pinckney Hill: "The Black Man’s Bit"
5 min
314
jessica Care moore: "Wild Beauty"
4 min
315
Alexis Pauline Gumbs: "oriño ka-n-an manbo emalé"
3 min
316
Roberto Carlos Garcia: "From 'Tempest'”
3 min
317
Tracy K. Smith: "Everybody’s Autobiography"
2 min
318
Tony Medina: "Seven Steps to Heaven Haiku"
3 min
319
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "The Octoroon"
3 min
320
Julius C. Wright: "Going to the Picnic"
4 min
321
Niki Herd: "From 'The Stuff of Hollywood'”
2 min
322
Rain Prud’homme-Cranford: "Gills"
4 min
323
Kelly Norman Ellis: "Saturday Class: Janie Craw...
2 min
324
Lucille Clifton: "[poets in their bassinets]"
2 min
325
Herman Beavers: "On Seventh Avenue at Slaptime "
3 min