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 Genevieve Shubeck. 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
Kyle Tran Myhre: "When it Really is Just the Wi...
5 min
602
Ty Chapman: "Alone in bed thinking about anothe...
2 min
603
Hildegarde Flanner: "To a Tree in Bloom"
2 min
604
E. E. Cummings: "Here’s a Little Mouse"
3 min
605
Ollie Schminkey: "The First Rule of Buoyancy"
4 min
606
Isha Camara: "The Hills are Writing"
4 min
607
Emily Khilfeh: "Ekphrasis On “The New York Time...
2 min
608
Guest Editor Interview: August 2024 Guest Edito...
10 min
609
Tarik Dobbs: "Artist Statement"
2 min
610
Spencer Williams: "I wake at dawn to glimpse my...
2 min
611
Carl Sandburg: From “The Windy City”
4 min
612
Effie Lee Newsome: "At the Pool"
4 min
613
Golden: "& When They Come for Me (Reprise)"
3 min
614
Arianna Monet: "Thinking about “The Little Merm...
2 min
615
Justice Ameer: "Necessary Conditions"
2 min
616
C. T. Salazar: "River"
3 min
617
Gaia Rajan: "Dent"
2 min
618
William Carlos Williams: "The Lonely Street"
3 min
619
T. S. Eliot: "The Hollow Men"
6 min
620
Ilyus Evander: "tempo"
2 min
621
K. Iver: "The Gotham Hotel"
3 min
622
aeon ginsberg: "anyways im radicalized now"
5 min
623
Ally Ang: "Masculinity Ode"
2 min
624
jason b crawford: "Untitled 1975–86"
3 min
625
Archibald MacLeish: "The Altar"
3 min