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
451
Spencer Williams: "I wake at dawn to glimpse my...
2 min
452
Carl Sandburg: From “The Windy City”
4 min
453
Effie Lee Newsome: "At the Pool"
4 min
454
Golden: "& When They Come for Me (Reprise)"
3 min
455
Arianna Monet: "Thinking about “The Little Merm...
2 min
456
Justice Ameer: "Necessary Conditions"
2 min
457
C. T. Salazar: "River"
3 min
458
Gaia Rajan: "Dent"
2 min
459
William Carlos Williams: "The Lonely Street"
3 min
460
T. S. Eliot: "The Hollow Men"
6 min
461
Ilyus Evander: "tempo"
2 min
462
K. Iver: "The Gotham Hotel"
3 min
463
aeon ginsberg: "anyways im radicalized now"
5 min
464
Ally Ang: "Masculinity Ode"
2 min
465
jason b crawford: "Untitled 1975–86"
3 min
466
Archibald MacLeish: "The Altar"
3 min
467
Robinson Jeffers: "The Truce and the Peace"
14 min
468
Marlin M. Jenkins: "against cleansing"
2 min
469
Nen G. Ramirez: "Love poem with a dying cat"
4 min
470
Summer Farah: "After Mount Tamalpais, I Tell Et...
4 min
471
Xan Forest Phillips: "no one wants to be rough ...
3 min
472
Nora Hikari: "Imago Dei"
3 min
473
Elizabeth Barrett Browning: "The Seraph and Poet"
3 min
474
Edwin Arlington Robinson: "Sonnet"
3 min
475
Bradley Trumpfheller: "Loom"
2 min