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
376
Jada Renée Allen: "Drill"
5 min
377
Joy Priest: "The Black Outside"
3 min
378
Jeanne D’Orge: "Matins"
2 min
379
Edna St. Vincent Millay: "[Say what you will, a...
4 min
380
Jan Mandell: "Ode to Aging Bodies"
3 min
381
Alafia Nicole Sessions: "Fable with Cyst, Celes...
3 min
382
Sin à Tes Souhaits: "On Crip"
4 min
383
Jayson P. Smith: "on fathers & swords"
3 min
384
Sam Sax: "My Hole. My Whole."
3 min
385
Wallace Stevens: "Peter Quince at the Clavier"
6 min
386
Dorothy Parker: "Incurable"
3 min
387
Ajanaé Dawkins: "How to Witness a Miracle Witho...
3 min
388
Tameka Cage Conley: "Kin: First Responders"
4 min
389
Nabila Lovelace: "Sojourned."
4 min
390
Tish Jones: "There Was No Sun in the Room"
2 min
391
Bernardo Wade: "The Hymn"
2 min
392
Robert Frost: "Acceptance"
3 min
393
Karle Wilson Baker: "Bluebird and Cardinal"
6 min
394
Chandler Peters-Durose: "Rest stop"
2 min
395
Desdamona: "Once and Future"
3 min
396
Farah Habad: "And out of the ashes"
3 min
397
Kyle Tran Myhre: "When it Really is Just the Wi...
5 min
398
Ty Chapman: "Alone in bed thinking about anothe...
2 min
399
Hildegarde Flanner: "To a Tree in Bloom"
2 min
400
E. E. Cummings: "Here’s a Little Mouse"
3 min