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
Harriet Monroe: "The Giant Cactus of Arizona"
4 min
552
Taije Silverman: "Armageddon"
6 min
553
Shamala Gallagher: "'The New York Times' Says A...
3 min
554
Jan Beatty: "Drag"
2 min
555
Tim Seibles: "Naïve"
4 min
556
Saida Agostini: "black aphrodite entertains a m...
3 min
557
Sarah Lee Brown Fleming: "Come Let Us Be Friends"
3 min
558
Skipwith Cannell: "The Coming of Night"
4 min
559
Yona Harvey: "But for now the music swings from...
3 min
560
Brenda Shaughnessy: "2-Sided Map Shows Line Whe...
4 min
561
Patrick Rosal: "Yes It Will Rain (or Prayer for...
5 min
562
Kim Addonizio: "This Too Shall Pass"
3 min
563
Ellen Bass: "You’re the Top"
3 min
564
Maria White Lowell: "The Alpine Sheep"
5 min
565
Matthew Arnold: "A Southern Night"
7 min
566
Keetje Kuipers: "Emesis"
3 min
567
Tyler Mills: "ectopic"
3 min
568
Avni Vyas: "After Bob Across the Street Fires H...
2 min
569
Preeti Vangani: "One Cup of Chai"
3 min
570
Keith Leonard: "Abecedarian on the Good Father"
3 min
571
James Russell Lowell: "To the Dandelion"
6 min
572
Emma Lazarus : From “An Epistle”
6 min
573
Diannely Antigua: "Blessing the Baby"
3 min
574
Hayes Davis: “‘Thhhat was great’”
2 min
575
Guest Editor Interview: March 2024 Guest Editor...
12 min