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
Farah Habad: "And out of the ashes"
3 min
477
Kyle Tran Myhre: "When it Really is Just the Wi...
5 min
478
Ty Chapman: "Alone in bed thinking about anothe...
2 min
479
Hildegarde Flanner: "To a Tree in Bloom"
2 min
480
E. E. Cummings: "Here’s a Little Mouse"
3 min
481
Ollie Schminkey: "The First Rule of Buoyancy"
4 min
482
Isha Camara: "The Hills are Writing"
4 min
483
Guest Editor Interview: August 2024 Guest Edito...
10 min
484
Emily Khilfeh: "Ekphrasis On “The New York Time...
2 min
485
Tarik Dobbs: "Artist Statement"
2 min
486
Spencer Williams: "I wake at dawn to glimpse my...
2 min
487
Carl Sandburg: From “The Windy City”
4 min
488
Effie Lee Newsome: "At the Pool"
4 min
489
Golden: "& When They Come for Me (Reprise)"
3 min
490
Arianna Monet: "Thinking about “The Little Merm...
2 min
491
Justice Ameer: "Necessary Conditions"
2 min
492
C. T. Salazar: "River"
3 min
493
Gaia Rajan: "Dent"
2 min
494
William Carlos Williams: "The Lonely Street"
3 min
495
T. S. Eliot: "The Hollow Men"
6 min
496
Ilyus Evander: "tempo"
2 min
497
K. Iver: "The Gotham Hotel"
3 min
498
aeon ginsberg: "anyways im radicalized now"
5 min
499
Ally Ang: "Masculinity Ode"
2 min
500
jason b crawford: "Untitled 1975–86"
3 min