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
501
Sam Sax: "My Hole. My Whole."
3 min
502
Wallace Stevens: "Peter Quince at the Clavier"
6 min
503
Dorothy Parker: "Incurable"
3 min
504
Ajanaé Dawkins: "How to Witness a Miracle Witho...
3 min
505
Tameka Cage Conley: "Kin: First Responders"
4 min
506
Nabila Lovelace: "Sojourned."
4 min
507
Tish Jones: "There Was No Sun in the Room"
2 min
508
Bernardo Wade: "The Hymn"
2 min
509
Robert Frost: "Acceptance"
3 min
510
Karle Wilson Baker: "Bluebird and Cardinal"
6 min
511
Chandler Peters-Durose: "Rest stop"
2 min
512
Desdamona: "Once and Future"
3 min
513
Farah Habad: "And out of the ashes"
3 min
514
Kyle Tran Myhre: "When it Really is Just the Wi...
5 min
515
Ty Chapman: "Alone in bed thinking about anothe...
2 min
516
Hildegarde Flanner: "To a Tree in Bloom"
2 min
517
E. E. Cummings: "Here’s a Little Mouse"
3 min
518
Ollie Schminkey: "The First Rule of Buoyancy"
4 min
519
Isha Camara: "The Hills are Writing"
4 min
520
Emily Khilfeh: "Ekphrasis On “The New York Time...
2 min
521
Guest Editor Interview: August 2024 Guest Edito...
10 min
522
Tarik Dobbs: "Artist Statement"
2 min
523
Spencer Williams: "I wake at dawn to glimpse my...
2 min
524
Carl Sandburg: From “The Windy City”
4 min
525
Effie Lee Newsome: "At the Pool"
4 min