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
551
Matthew Arnold: "A Southern Night"
7 min
552
Keetje Kuipers: "Emesis"
3 min
553
Tyler Mills: "ectopic"
3 min
554
Avni Vyas: "After Bob Across the Street Fires H...
2 min
555
Preeti Vangani: "One Cup of Chai"
3 min
556
Keith Leonard: "Abecedarian on the Good Father"
3 min
557
James Russell Lowell: "To the Dandelion"
6 min
558
Emma Lazarus : From “An Epistle”
6 min
559
Diannely Antigua: "Blessing the Baby"
3 min
560
Guest Editor Interview: March 2024 Guest Editor...
12 min
561
Hayes Davis: “‘Thhhat was great’”
2 min
562
Jacqueline Allen Trimble: "Walking Beside the C...
4 min
563
Allison Joseph: "Incognito Grief: A Blues"
2 min
564
Teri Ellen Cross Davis: "Migraines have their say"
3 min
565
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.: "Sonnet"
3 min
566
Leslie Pinckney Hill: "The Black Man’s Bit"
5 min
567
jessica Care moore: "Wild Beauty"
4 min
568
Alexis Pauline Gumbs: "oriño ka-n-an manbo emalé"
3 min
569
Roberto Carlos Garcia: "From 'Tempest'”
3 min
570
Tracy K. Smith: "Everybody’s Autobiography"
2 min
571
Tony Medina: "Seven Steps to Heaven Haiku"
3 min
572
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "The Octoroon"
3 min
573
Julius C. Wright: "Going to the Picnic"
4 min
574
Niki Herd: "From 'The Stuff of Hollywood'”
2 min
575
Rain Prud’homme-Cranford: "Gills"
4 min