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
601
Skipwith Cannell: "The Coming of Night"
4 min
602
Yona Harvey: "But for now the music swings from...
3 min
603
Brenda Shaughnessy: "2-Sided Map Shows Line Whe...
4 min
604
Patrick Rosal: "Yes It Will Rain (or Prayer for...
5 min
605
Kim Addonizio: "This Too Shall Pass"
3 min
606
Ellen Bass: "You’re the Top"
3 min
607
Maria White Lowell: "The Alpine Sheep"
5 min
608
Matthew Arnold: "A Southern Night"
7 min
609
Keetje Kuipers: "Emesis"
3 min
610
Tyler Mills: "ectopic"
3 min
611
Avni Vyas: "After Bob Across the Street Fires H...
2 min
612
Preeti Vangani: "One Cup of Chai"
3 min
613
Keith Leonard: "Abecedarian on the Good Father"
3 min
614
James Russell Lowell: "To the Dandelion"
6 min
615
Emma Lazarus : From “An Epistle”
6 min
616
Diannely Antigua: "Blessing the Baby"
3 min
617
Guest Editor Interview: March 2024 Guest Editor...
12 min
618
Hayes Davis: “‘Thhhat was great’”
2 min
619
Jacqueline Allen Trimble: "Walking Beside the C...
4 min
620
Allison Joseph: "Incognito Grief: A Blues"
2 min
621
Teri Ellen Cross Davis: "Migraines have their say"
3 min
622
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.: "Sonnet"
3 min
623
Leslie Pinckney Hill: "The Black Man’s Bit"
5 min
624
jessica Care moore: "Wild Beauty"
4 min
625
Alexis Pauline Gumbs: "oriño ka-n-an manbo emalé"
3 min