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 Genevieve Shubeck. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.

Books
476
E. E. Cummings: "Here’s a Little Mouse"
3 min
477
Ollie Schminkey: "The First Rule of Buoyancy"
4 min
478
Isha Camara: "The Hills are Writing"
4 min
479
Guest Editor Interview: August 2024 Guest Edito...
10 min
480
Emily Khilfeh: "Ekphrasis On “The New York Time...
2 min
481
Tarik Dobbs: "Artist Statement"
2 min
482
Spencer Williams: "I wake at dawn to glimpse my...
2 min
483
Carl Sandburg: From “The Windy City”
4 min
484
Effie Lee Newsome: "At the Pool"
4 min
485
Golden: "& When They Come for Me (Reprise)"
3 min
486
Arianna Monet: "Thinking about “The Little Merm...
2 min
487
Justice Ameer: "Necessary Conditions"
2 min
488
C. T. Salazar: "River"
3 min
489
Gaia Rajan: "Dent"
2 min
490
William Carlos Williams: "The Lonely Street"
3 min
491
T. S. Eliot: "The Hollow Men"
6 min
492
Ilyus Evander: "tempo"
2 min
493
K. Iver: "The Gotham Hotel"
3 min
494
aeon ginsberg: "anyways im radicalized now"
5 min
495
Ally Ang: "Masculinity Ode"
2 min
496
jason b crawford: "Untitled 1975–86"
3 min
497
Archibald MacLeish: "The Altar"
3 min
498
Robinson Jeffers: "The Truce and the Peace"
14 min
499
Marlin M. Jenkins: "against cleansing"
2 min
500
Nen G. Ramirez: "Love poem with a dying cat"
4 min