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 Genevieve Shubeck. 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
Raquel Gutiérrez: "Solip Cystic"
2 min
377
Benjamin Krusling: "what can I know what should...
3 min
378
W. J. Lofton: "The Lord is American"
3 min
379
Terrance Hayes: "Vintage Vanity"
6 min
380
Ella Wheeler Wilcox: "Love’s Language"
3 min
381
Kinsale Drake: "Rebuke/ /Spell"
3 min
382
Zaina Alsous: "To a Young Poet"
4 min
383
Mónica Alexandra Jiménez: "Theft"
2 min
384
MaKshya Tolbert: "Ways to Measure Trees "
3 min
385
Chibueze Crouch-Anyarogbu: "host"
2 min
386
William Moore: "Expectancy"
3 min
387
Angelina Weld Grimké: "Surrender"
3 min
388
Omar Berrada: "A Thistle Will Do"
3 min
389
Lily Painter: "Funk (#49 song)"
3 min
390
Youna Kwak: "After [I never feel so alive as wh...
2 min
391
Aldrin Regina Valdez: "January”
2 min
392
m.s. RedCherries: "playing america in spring
1 min
393
Blanche Taylor Dickinson: "Things Said When He ...
3 min
394
Frank Barbour Coffin: "The Negro’s 'America'”
3 min
395
Robert Hass: "The Creek in Shirley Canyon"
3 min
396
Guest Editor Interview: February 2025 Guest Edi...
23 min
397
Catherine Bowman: "Pears"
3 min
398
James Hannaham: " Apophasis Now"
1 min
399
Denise Duhamel: "Poem in Which My Mother Snapped"
2 min
400
Hisham Bustani: "An inauspicious day from the g...
8 min