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
351
Sam Sax: "My Hole. My Whole."
3 min
352
Wallace Stevens: "Peter Quince at the Clavier"
6 min
353
Dorothy Parker: "Incurable"
3 min
354
Ajanaé Dawkins: "How to Witness a Miracle Witho...
3 min
355
Tameka Cage Conley: "Kin: First Responders"
4 min
356
Nabila Lovelace: "Sojourned."
4 min
357
Tish Jones: "There Was No Sun in the Room"
2 min
358
Bernardo Wade: "The Hymn"
2 min
359
Robert Frost: "Acceptance"
3 min
360
Karle Wilson Baker: "Bluebird and Cardinal"
6 min
361
Chandler Peters-Durose: "Rest stop"
2 min
362
Desdamona: "Once and Future"
3 min
363
Farah Habad: "And out of the ashes"
3 min
364
Kyle Tran Myhre: "When it Really is Just the Wi...
5 min
365
Ty Chapman: "Alone in bed thinking about anothe...
2 min
366
Hildegarde Flanner: "To a Tree in Bloom"
2 min
367
E. E. Cummings: "Here’s a Little Mouse"
3 min
368
Ollie Schminkey: "The First Rule of Buoyancy"
4 min
369
Isha Camara: "The Hills are Writing"
4 min
370
Emily Khilfeh: "Ekphrasis On “The New York Time...
2 min
371
Guest Editor Interview: August 2024 Guest Edito...
10 min
372
Tarik Dobbs: "Artist Statement"
2 min
373
Spencer Williams: "I wake at dawn to glimpse my...
2 min
374
Carl Sandburg: From “The Windy City”
4 min
375
Effie Lee Newsome: "At the Pool"
4 min