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
Keetje Kuipers: "Emesis"
3 min
577
Tyler Mills: "ectopic"
3 min
578
Avni Vyas: "After Bob Across the Street Fires H...
2 min
579
Preeti Vangani: "One Cup of Chai"
3 min
580
Keith Leonard: "Abecedarian on the Good Father"
3 min
581
James Russell Lowell: "To the Dandelion"
6 min
582
Emma Lazarus : From “An Epistle”
6 min
583
Diannely Antigua: "Blessing the Baby"
3 min
584
Guest Editor Interview: March 2024 Guest Editor...
12 min
585
Hayes Davis: “‘Thhhat was great’”
2 min
586
Jacqueline Allen Trimble: "Walking Beside the C...
4 min
587
Allison Joseph: "Incognito Grief: A Blues"
2 min
588
Teri Ellen Cross Davis: "Migraines have their say"
3 min
589
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.: "Sonnet"
3 min
590
Leslie Pinckney Hill: "The Black Man’s Bit"
5 min
591
jessica Care moore: "Wild Beauty"
4 min
592
Alexis Pauline Gumbs: "oriño ka-n-an manbo emalé"
3 min
593
Roberto Carlos Garcia: "From 'Tempest'”
3 min
594
Tracy K. Smith: "Everybody’s Autobiography"
2 min
595
Tony Medina: "Seven Steps to Heaven Haiku"
3 min
596
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "The Octoroon"
3 min
597
Julius C. Wright: "Going to the Picnic"
4 min
598
Niki Herd: "From 'The Stuff of Hollywood'”
2 min
599
Rain Prud’homme-Cranford: "Gills"
4 min
600
Kelly Norman Ellis: "Saturday Class: Janie Craw...
2 min