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
Justin Rovillos Monson: "Institutional(ized) Po...
3 min
477
Raquel Gutiérrez: "Solip Cystic"
2 min
478
Benjamin Krusling: "what can I know what should...
3 min
479
W. J. Lofton: "The Lord is American"
3 min
480
Terrance Hayes: "Vintage Vanity"
6 min
481
Ella Wheeler Wilcox: "Love’s Language"
3 min
482
Kinsale Drake: "Rebuke/ /Spell"
3 min
483
Zaina Alsous: "To a Young Poet"
4 min
484
Mónica Alexandra Jiménez: "Theft"
2 min
485
MaKshya Tolbert: "Ways to Measure Trees "
3 min
486
Chibueze Crouch-Anyarogbu: "host"
2 min
487
William Moore: "Expectancy"
3 min
488
Angelina Weld Grimké: "Surrender"
3 min
489
Omar Berrada: "A Thistle Will Do"
3 min
490
Lily Painter: "Funk (#49 song)"
3 min
491
Youna Kwak: "After [I never feel so alive as wh...
2 min
492
Aldrin Regina Valdez: "January”
2 min
493
m.s. RedCherries: "playing america in spring
1 min
494
Blanche Taylor Dickinson: "Things Said When He ...
3 min
495
Frank Barbour Coffin: "The Negro’s 'America'”
3 min
496
Robert Hass: "The Creek in Shirley Canyon"
3 min
497
Guest Editor Interview: February 2025 Guest Edi...
23 min
498
Catherine Bowman: "Pears"
3 min
499
James Hannaham: " Apophasis Now"
1 min
500
Denise Duhamel: "Poem in Which My Mother Snapped"
2 min