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
Jeanne D’Orge: "Matins"
2 min
402
Edna St. Vincent Millay: "[Say what you will, a...
4 min
403
Jan Mandell: "Ode to Aging Bodies"
3 min
404
Alafia Nicole Sessions: "Fable with Cyst, Celes...
3 min
405
Sin à Tes Souhaits: "On Crip"
4 min
406
Jayson P. Smith: "on fathers & swords"
3 min
407
Sam Sax: "My Hole. My Whole."
3 min
408
Wallace Stevens: "Peter Quince at the Clavier"
6 min
409
Dorothy Parker: "Incurable"
3 min
410
Ajanaé Dawkins: "How to Witness a Miracle Witho...
3 min
411
Tameka Cage Conley: "Kin: First Responders"
4 min
412
Nabila Lovelace: "Sojourned."
4 min
413
Tish Jones: "There Was No Sun in the Room"
2 min
414
Bernardo Wade: "The Hymn"
2 min
415
Robert Frost: "Acceptance"
3 min
416
Karle Wilson Baker: "Bluebird and Cardinal"
6 min
417
Chandler Peters-Durose: "Rest stop"
2 min
418
Desdamona: "Once and Future"
3 min
419
Farah Habad: "And out of the ashes"
3 min
420
Kyle Tran Myhre: "When it Really is Just the Wi...
5 min
421
Ty Chapman: "Alone in bed thinking about anothe...
2 min
422
Hildegarde Flanner: "To a Tree in Bloom"
2 min
423
E. E. Cummings: "Here’s a Little Mouse"
3 min
424
Ollie Schminkey: "The First Rule of Buoyancy"
4 min
425
Isha Camara: "The Hills are Writing"
4 min