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
Isha Camara: "The Hills are Writing"
4 min
427
Guest Editor Interview: August 2024 Guest Edito...
10 min
428
Emily Khilfeh: "Ekphrasis On “The New York Time...
2 min
429
Tarik Dobbs: "Artist Statement"
2 min
430
Spencer Williams: "I wake at dawn to glimpse my...
2 min
431
Carl Sandburg: From “The Windy City”
4 min
432
Effie Lee Newsome: "At the Pool"
4 min
433
Golden: "& When They Come for Me (Reprise)"
3 min
434
Arianna Monet: "Thinking about “The Little Merm...
2 min
435
Justice Ameer: "Necessary Conditions"
2 min
436
C. T. Salazar: "River"
3 min
437
Gaia Rajan: "Dent"
2 min
438
William Carlos Williams: "The Lonely Street"
3 min
439
T. S. Eliot: "The Hollow Men"
6 min
440
Ilyus Evander: "tempo"
2 min
441
K. Iver: "The Gotham Hotel"
3 min
442
aeon ginsberg: "anyways im radicalized now"
5 min
443
Ally Ang: "Masculinity Ode"
2 min
444
jason b crawford: "Untitled 1975–86"
3 min
445
Archibald MacLeish: "The Altar"
3 min
446
Robinson Jeffers: "The Truce and the Peace"
14 min
447
Marlin M. Jenkins: "against cleansing"
2 min
448
Nen G. Ramirez: "Love poem with a dying cat"
4 min
449
Summer Farah: "After Mount Tamalpais, I Tell Et...
4 min
450
Xan Forest Phillips: "no one wants to be rough ...
3 min