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