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
476
Kim Addonizio: "This Too Shall Pass"
3 min
477
Ellen Bass: "You’re the Top"
3 min
478
Maria White Lowell: "The Alpine Sheep"
5 min
479
Matthew Arnold: "A Southern Night"
7 min
480
Keetje Kuipers: "Emesis"
3 min
481
Tyler Mills: "ectopic"
3 min
482
Avni Vyas: "After Bob Across the Street Fires H...
2 min
483
Preeti Vangani: "One Cup of Chai"
3 min
484
Keith Leonard: "Abecedarian on the Good Father"
3 min
485
James Russell Lowell: "To the Dandelion"
6 min
486
Emma Lazarus : From “An Epistle”
6 min
487
Diannely Antigua: "Blessing the Baby"
3 min
488
Hayes Davis: “‘Thhhat was great’”
2 min
489
Guest Editor Interview: March 2024 Guest Editor...
12 min
490
Jacqueline Allen Trimble: "Walking Beside the C...
4 min
491
Allison Joseph: "Incognito Grief: A Blues"
2 min
492
Teri Ellen Cross Davis: "Migraines have their say"
3 min
493
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.: "Sonnet"
3 min
494
Leslie Pinckney Hill: "The Black Man’s Bit"
5 min
495
jessica Care moore: "Wild Beauty"
4 min
496
Alexis Pauline Gumbs: "oriño ka-n-an manbo emalé"
3 min
497
Roberto Carlos Garcia: "From 'Tempest'”
3 min
498
Tracy K. Smith: "Everybody’s Autobiography"
2 min
499
Tony Medina: "Seven Steps to Heaven Haiku"
3 min
500
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "The Octoroon"
3 min