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
426
Kim Addonizio: "This Too Shall Pass"
3 min
427
Ellen Bass: "You’re the Top"
3 min
428
Maria White Lowell: "The Alpine Sheep"
5 min
429
Matthew Arnold: "A Southern Night"
7 min
430
Keetje Kuipers: "Emesis"
3 min
431
Tyler Mills: "ectopic"
3 min
432
Avni Vyas: "After Bob Across the Street Fires H...
2 min
433
Preeti Vangani: "One Cup of Chai"
3 min
434
Keith Leonard: "Abecedarian on the Good Father"
3 min
435
James Russell Lowell: "To the Dandelion"
6 min
436
Emma Lazarus : From “An Epistle”
6 min
437
Diannely Antigua: "Blessing the Baby"
3 min
438
Guest Editor Interview: March 2024 Guest Editor...
12 min
439
Hayes Davis: “‘Thhhat was great’”
2 min
440
Jacqueline Allen Trimble: "Walking Beside the C...
4 min
441
Allison Joseph: "Incognito Grief: A Blues"
2 min
442
Teri Ellen Cross Davis: "Migraines have their say"
3 min
443
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.: "Sonnet"
3 min
444
Leslie Pinckney Hill: "The Black Man’s Bit"
5 min
445
jessica Care moore: "Wild Beauty"
4 min
446
Alexis Pauline Gumbs: "oriño ka-n-an manbo emalé"
3 min
447
Roberto Carlos Garcia: "From 'Tempest'”
3 min
448
Tracy K. Smith: "Everybody’s Autobiography"
2 min
449
Tony Medina: "Seven Steps to Heaven Haiku"
3 min
450
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "The Octoroon"
3 min