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