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
576
Jan Beatty: "Drag"
2 min
577
Tim Seibles: "Naïve"
4 min
578
Saida Agostini: "black aphrodite entertains a m...
3 min
579
Sarah Lee Brown Fleming: "Come Let Us Be Friends"
3 min
580
Skipwith Cannell: "The Coming of Night"
4 min
581
Yona Harvey: "But for now the music swings from...
3 min
582
Brenda Shaughnessy: "2-Sided Map Shows Line Whe...
4 min
583
Patrick Rosal: "Yes It Will Rain (or Prayer for...
5 min
584
Kim Addonizio: "This Too Shall Pass"
3 min
585
Ellen Bass: "You’re the Top"
3 min
586
Maria White Lowell: "The Alpine Sheep"
5 min
587
Matthew Arnold: "A Southern Night"
7 min
588
Keetje Kuipers: "Emesis"
3 min
589
Tyler Mills: "ectopic"
3 min
590
Avni Vyas: "After Bob Across the Street Fires H...
2 min
591
Preeti Vangani: "One Cup of Chai"
3 min
592
Keith Leonard: "Abecedarian on the Good Father"
3 min
593
James Russell Lowell: "To the Dandelion"
6 min
594
Emma Lazarus : From “An Epistle”
6 min
595
Diannely Antigua: "Blessing the Baby"
3 min
596
Hayes Davis: “‘Thhhat was great’”
2 min
597
Guest Editor Interview: March 2024 Guest Editor...
12 min
598
Jacqueline Allen Trimble: "Walking Beside the C...
4 min
599
Allison Joseph: "Incognito Grief: A Blues"
2 min
600
Teri Ellen Cross Davis: "Migraines have their say"
3 min