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
501
Tyler Mills: "ectopic"
3 min
502
Avni Vyas: "After Bob Across the Street Fires H...
2 min
503
Preeti Vangani: "One Cup of Chai"
3 min
504
Keith Leonard: "Abecedarian on the Good Father"
3 min
505
James Russell Lowell: "To the Dandelion"
6 min
506
Emma Lazarus : From “An Epistle”
6 min
507
Diannely Antigua: "Blessing the Baby"
3 min
508
Guest Editor Interview: March 2024 Guest Editor...
12 min
509
Hayes Davis: “‘Thhhat was great’”
2 min
510
Jacqueline Allen Trimble: "Walking Beside the C...
4 min
511
Allison Joseph: "Incognito Grief: A Blues"
2 min
512
Teri Ellen Cross Davis: "Migraines have their say"
3 min
513
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.: "Sonnet"
3 min
514
Leslie Pinckney Hill: "The Black Man’s Bit"
5 min
515
jessica Care moore: "Wild Beauty"
4 min
516
Alexis Pauline Gumbs: "oriño ka-n-an manbo emalé"
3 min
517
Roberto Carlos Garcia: "From 'Tempest'”
3 min
518
Tracy K. Smith: "Everybody’s Autobiography"
2 min
519
Tony Medina: "Seven Steps to Heaven Haiku"
3 min
520
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "The Octoroon"
3 min
521
Julius C. Wright: "Going to the Picnic"
4 min
522
Niki Herd: "From 'The Stuff of Hollywood'”
2 min
523
Rain Prud’homme-Cranford: "Gills"
4 min
524
Kelly Norman Ellis: "Saturday Class: Janie Craw...
2 min
525
Lucille Clifton: "[poets in their bassinets]"
2 min