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
Ty Chapman: "Alone in bed thinking about anothe...
2 min
352
Hildegarde Flanner: "To a Tree in Bloom"
2 min
353
E. E. Cummings: "Here’s a Little Mouse"
3 min
354
Ollie Schminkey: "The First Rule of Buoyancy"
4 min
355
Isha Camara: "The Hills are Writing"
4 min
356
Emily Khilfeh: "Ekphrasis On “The New York Time...
2 min
357
Guest Editor Interview: August 2024 Guest Edito...
10 min
358
Tarik Dobbs: "Artist Statement"
2 min
359
Spencer Williams: "I wake at dawn to glimpse my...
2 min
360
Carl Sandburg: From “The Windy City”
4 min
361
Effie Lee Newsome: "At the Pool"
4 min
362
Golden: "& When They Come for Me (Reprise)"
3 min
363
Arianna Monet: "Thinking about “The Little Merm...
2 min
364
Justice Ameer: "Necessary Conditions"
2 min
365
C. T. Salazar: "River"
3 min
366
Gaia Rajan: "Dent"
2 min
367
William Carlos Williams: "The Lonely Street"
3 min
368
T. S. Eliot: "The Hollow Men"
6 min
369
Ilyus Evander: "tempo"
2 min
370
K. Iver: "The Gotham Hotel"
3 min
371
aeon ginsberg: "anyways im radicalized now"
5 min
372
Ally Ang: "Masculinity Ode"
2 min
373
jason b crawford: "Untitled 1975–86"
3 min
374
Archibald MacLeish: "The Altar"
3 min
375
Robinson Jeffers: "The Truce and the Peace"
14 min