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
Emily Khilfeh: "Ekphrasis On “The New York Time...
2 min
502
Tarik Dobbs: "Artist Statement"
2 min
503
Spencer Williams: "I wake at dawn to glimpse my...
2 min
504
Carl Sandburg: From “The Windy City”
4 min
505
Effie Lee Newsome: "At the Pool"
4 min
506
Golden: "& When They Come for Me (Reprise)"
3 min
507
Arianna Monet: "Thinking about “The Little Merm...
2 min
508
Justice Ameer: "Necessary Conditions"
2 min
509
C. T. Salazar: "River"
3 min
510
Gaia Rajan: "Dent"
2 min
511
William Carlos Williams: "The Lonely Street"
3 min
512
T. S. Eliot: "The Hollow Men"
6 min
513
Ilyus Evander: "tempo"
2 min
514
K. Iver: "The Gotham Hotel"
3 min
515
aeon ginsberg: "anyways im radicalized now"
5 min
516
Ally Ang: "Masculinity Ode"
2 min
517
jason b crawford: "Untitled 1975–86"
3 min
518
Archibald MacLeish: "The Altar"
3 min
519
Robinson Jeffers: "The Truce and the Peace"
14 min
520
Marlin M. Jenkins: "against cleansing"
2 min
521
Nen G. Ramirez: "Love poem with a dying cat"
4 min
522
Summer Farah: "After Mount Tamalpais, I Tell Et...
4 min
523
Xan Forest Phillips: "no one wants to be rough ...
3 min
524
Nora Hikari: "Imago Dei"
3 min
525
Elizabeth Barrett Browning: "The Seraph and Poet"
3 min