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
Spencer Williams: "I wake at dawn to glimpse my...
2 min
352
Carl Sandburg: From “The Windy City”
4 min
353
Effie Lee Newsome: "At the Pool"
4 min
354
Golden: "& When They Come for Me (Reprise)"
3 min
355
Arianna Monet: "Thinking about “The Little Merm...
2 min
356
Justice Ameer: "Necessary Conditions"
2 min
357
C. T. Salazar: "River"
3 min
358
Gaia Rajan: "Dent"
2 min
359
William Carlos Williams: "The Lonely Street"
3 min
360
T. S. Eliot: "The Hollow Men"
6 min
361
Ilyus Evander: "tempo"
2 min
362
K. Iver: "The Gotham Hotel"
3 min
363
aeon ginsberg: "anyways im radicalized now"
5 min
364
Ally Ang: "Masculinity Ode"
2 min
365
jason b crawford: "Untitled 1975–86"
3 min
366
Archibald MacLeish: "The Altar"
3 min
367
Robinson Jeffers: "The Truce and the Peace"
14 min
368
Marlin M. Jenkins: "against cleansing"
2 min
369
Nen G. Ramirez: "Love poem with a dying cat"
4 min
370
Summer Farah: "After Mount Tamalpais, I Tell Et...
4 min
371
Xan Forest Phillips: "no one wants to be rough ...
3 min
372
Nora Hikari: "Imago Dei"
3 min
373
Elizabeth Barrett Browning: "The Seraph and Poet"
3 min
374
Edwin Arlington Robinson: "Sonnet"
3 min
375
Bradley Trumpfheller: "Loom"
2 min