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
401
Farah Habad: "And out of the ashes"
3 min
402
Kyle Tran Myhre: "When it Really is Just the Wi...
5 min
403
Ty Chapman: "Alone in bed thinking about anothe...
2 min
404
Hildegarde Flanner: "To a Tree in Bloom"
2 min
405
E. E. Cummings: "Here’s a Little Mouse"
3 min
406
Ollie Schminkey: "The First Rule of Buoyancy"
4 min
407
Isha Camara: "The Hills are Writing"
4 min
408
Emily Khilfeh: "Ekphrasis On “The New York Time...
2 min
409
Guest Editor Interview: August 2024 Guest Edito...
10 min
410
Tarik Dobbs: "Artist Statement"
2 min
411
Spencer Williams: "I wake at dawn to glimpse my...
2 min
412
Carl Sandburg: From “The Windy City”
4 min
413
Effie Lee Newsome: "At the Pool"
4 min
414
Golden: "& When They Come for Me (Reprise)"
3 min
415
Arianna Monet: "Thinking about “The Little Merm...
2 min
416
Justice Ameer: "Necessary Conditions"
2 min
417
C. T. Salazar: "River"
3 min
418
Gaia Rajan: "Dent"
2 min
419
William Carlos Williams: "The Lonely Street"
3 min
420
T. S. Eliot: "The Hollow Men"
6 min
421
Ilyus Evander: "tempo"
2 min
422
K. Iver: "The Gotham Hotel"
3 min
423
aeon ginsberg: "anyways im radicalized now"
5 min
424
Ally Ang: "Masculinity Ode"
2 min
425
jason b crawford: "Untitled 1975–86"
3 min