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
326
William Moore: "Expectancy"
3 min
327
Angelina Weld Grimké: "Surrender"
3 min
328
Omar Berrada: "A Thistle Will Do"
3 min
329
Lily Painter: "Funk (#49 song)"
3 min
330
Youna Kwak: "After [I never feel so alive as wh...
2 min
331
Aldrin Regina Valdez: "January”
2 min
332
m.s. RedCherries: "playing america in spring
1 min
333
Blanche Taylor Dickinson: "Things Said When He ...
3 min
334
Frank Barbour Coffin: "The Negro’s 'America'”
3 min
335
Robert Hass: "The Creek in Shirley Canyon"
3 min
336
Guest Editor Interview: February 2025 Guest Edi...
23 min
337
Catherine Bowman: "Pears"
3 min
338
James Hannaham: " Apophasis Now"
1 min
339
Denise Duhamel: "Poem in Which My Mother Snapped"
2 min
340
Hisham Bustani: "An inauspicious day from the g...
8 min
341
Lucretia Maria Davidson: "The Smile of Innocence"
4 min
342
Richard Butler Glaenzer: "Star-Magic"
2 min
343
Mark Halliday: "Hoops with Nets"
3 min
344
Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello: "The Houseguest"
3 min
345
Ashley M. Jones: "HOLYHEADHARRIET"
4 min
346
Megan Fernandes: "On the One Hand"
2 min
347
Kevin Young: "Mantle"
2 min
348
William Rose Benét: "The City"
5 min
349
Arna Bontemps: "My Heart Has Known Its Winter"
2 min
350
Peter Balakian: "Day of the Dead"
3 min