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
326
Hildegarde Flanner: "To a Tree in Bloom"
2 min
327
E. E. Cummings: "Here’s a Little Mouse"
3 min
328
Ollie Schminkey: "The First Rule of Buoyancy"
4 min
329
Isha Camara: "The Hills are Writing"
4 min
330
Guest Editor Interview: August 2024 Guest Edito...
10 min
331
Emily Khilfeh: "Ekphrasis On “The New York Time...
2 min
332
Tarik Dobbs: "Artist Statement"
2 min
333
Spencer Williams: "I wake at dawn to glimpse my...
2 min
334
Carl Sandburg: From “The Windy City”
4 min
335
Effie Lee Newsome: "At the Pool"
4 min
336
Golden: "& When They Come for Me (Reprise)"
3 min
337
Arianna Monet: "Thinking about “The Little Merm...
2 min
338
Justice Ameer: "Necessary Conditions"
2 min
339
C. T. Salazar: "River"
3 min
340
Gaia Rajan: "Dent"
2 min
341
William Carlos Williams: "The Lonely Street"
3 min
342
T. S. Eliot: "The Hollow Men"
6 min
343
Ilyus Evander: "tempo"
2 min
344
K. Iver: "The Gotham Hotel"
3 min
345
aeon ginsberg: "anyways im radicalized now"
5 min
346
Ally Ang: "Masculinity Ode"
2 min
347
jason b crawford: "Untitled 1975–86"
3 min
348
Archibald MacLeish: "The Altar"
3 min
349
Robinson Jeffers: "The Truce and the Peace"
14 min
350
Marlin M. Jenkins: "against cleansing"
2 min