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