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
526
Emily Khilfeh: "Ekphrasis On “The New York Time...
2 min
527
Tarik Dobbs: "Artist Statement"
2 min
528
Spencer Williams: "I wake at dawn to glimpse my...
2 min
529
Carl Sandburg: From “The Windy City”
4 min
530
Effie Lee Newsome: "At the Pool"
4 min
531
Golden: "& When They Come for Me (Reprise)"
3 min
532
Arianna Monet: "Thinking about “The Little Merm...
2 min
533
Justice Ameer: "Necessary Conditions"
2 min
534
C. T. Salazar: "River"
3 min
535
Gaia Rajan: "Dent"
2 min
536
William Carlos Williams: "The Lonely Street"
3 min
537
T. S. Eliot: "The Hollow Men"
6 min
538
Ilyus Evander: "tempo"
2 min
539
K. Iver: "The Gotham Hotel"
3 min
540
aeon ginsberg: "anyways im radicalized now"
5 min
541
Ally Ang: "Masculinity Ode"
2 min
542
jason b crawford: "Untitled 1975–86"
3 min
543
Archibald MacLeish: "The Altar"
3 min
544
Robinson Jeffers: "The Truce and the Peace"
14 min
545
Marlin M. Jenkins: "against cleansing"
2 min
546
Nen G. Ramirez: "Love poem with a dying cat"
4 min
547
Summer Farah: "After Mount Tamalpais, I Tell Et...
4 min
548
Xan Forest Phillips: "no one wants to be rough ...
3 min
549
Nora Hikari: "Imago Dei"
3 min
550
Elizabeth Barrett Browning: "The Seraph and Poet"
3 min