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
Kyle Tran Myhre: "When it Really is Just the Wi...
5 min
377
Ty Chapman: "Alone in bed thinking about anothe...
2 min
378
Hildegarde Flanner: "To a Tree in Bloom"
2 min
379
E. E. Cummings: "Here’s a Little Mouse"
3 min
380
Ollie Schminkey: "The First Rule of Buoyancy"
4 min
381
Isha Camara: "The Hills are Writing"
4 min
382
Emily Khilfeh: "Ekphrasis On “The New York Time...
2 min
383
Guest Editor Interview: August 2024 Guest Edito...
10 min
384
Tarik Dobbs: "Artist Statement"
2 min
385
Spencer Williams: "I wake at dawn to glimpse my...
2 min
386
Carl Sandburg: From “The Windy City”
4 min
387
Effie Lee Newsome: "At the Pool"
4 min
388
Golden: "& When They Come for Me (Reprise)"
3 min
389
Arianna Monet: "Thinking about “The Little Merm...
2 min
390
Justice Ameer: "Necessary Conditions"
2 min
391
C. T. Salazar: "River"
3 min
392
Gaia Rajan: "Dent"
2 min
393
William Carlos Williams: "The Lonely Street"
3 min
394
T. S. Eliot: "The Hollow Men"
6 min
395
Ilyus Evander: "tempo"
2 min
396
K. Iver: "The Gotham Hotel"
3 min
397
aeon ginsberg: "anyways im radicalized now"
5 min
398
Ally Ang: "Masculinity Ode"
2 min
399
jason b crawford: "Untitled 1975–86"
3 min
400
Archibald MacLeish: "The Altar"
3 min