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