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
Emily Khilfeh: "Ekphrasis On “The New York Time...
2 min
302
Tarik Dobbs: "Artist Statement"
2 min
303
Spencer Williams: "I wake at dawn to glimpse my...
2 min
304
Carl Sandburg: From “The Windy City”
4 min
305
Effie Lee Newsome: "At the Pool"
4 min
306
Golden: "& When They Come for Me (Reprise)"
3 min
307
Arianna Monet: "Thinking about “The Little Merm...
2 min
308
Justice Ameer: "Necessary Conditions"
2 min
309
C. T. Salazar: "River"
3 min
310
Gaia Rajan: "Dent"
2 min
311
William Carlos Williams: "The Lonely Street"
3 min
312
T. S. Eliot: "The Hollow Men"
6 min
313
Ilyus Evander: "tempo"
2 min
314
K. Iver: "The Gotham Hotel"
3 min
315
aeon ginsberg: "anyways im radicalized now"
5 min
316
Ally Ang: "Masculinity Ode"
2 min
317
jason b crawford: "Untitled 1975–86"
3 min
318
Archibald MacLeish: "The Altar"
3 min
319
Robinson Jeffers: "The Truce and the Peace"
14 min
320
Marlin M. Jenkins: "against cleansing"
2 min
321
Nen G. Ramirez: "Love poem with a dying cat"
4 min
322
Summer Farah: "After Mount Tamalpais, I Tell Et...
4 min
323
Xan Forest Phillips: "no one wants to be rough ...
3 min
324
Nora Hikari: "Imago Dei"
3 min
325
Elizabeth Barrett Browning: "The Seraph and Poet"
3 min