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
Tish Jones: "There Was No Sun in the Room"
2 min
602
Bernardo Wade: "The Hymn"
2 min
603
Robert Frost: "Acceptance"
3 min
604
Karle Wilson Baker: "Bluebird and Cardinal"
6 min
605
Chandler Peters-Durose: "Rest stop"
2 min
606
Desdamona: "Once and Future"
3 min
607
Farah Habad: "And out of the ashes"
3 min
608
Kyle Tran Myhre: "When it Really is Just the Wi...
5 min
609
Ty Chapman: "Alone in bed thinking about anothe...
2 min
610
Hildegarde Flanner: "To a Tree in Bloom"
2 min
611
E. E. Cummings: "Here’s a Little Mouse"
3 min
612
Ollie Schminkey: "The First Rule of Buoyancy"
4 min
613
Isha Camara: "The Hills are Writing"
4 min
614
Guest Editor Interview: August 2024 Guest Edito...
10 min
615
Emily Khilfeh: "Ekphrasis On “The New York Time...
2 min
616
Tarik Dobbs: "Artist Statement"
2 min
617
Spencer Williams: "I wake at dawn to glimpse my...
2 min
618
Carl Sandburg: From “The Windy City”
4 min
619
Effie Lee Newsome: "At the Pool"
4 min
620
Golden: "& When They Come for Me (Reprise)"
3 min
621
Arianna Monet: "Thinking about “The Little Merm...
2 min
622
Justice Ameer: "Necessary Conditions"
2 min
623
C. T. Salazar: "River"
3 min
624
Gaia Rajan: "Dent"
2 min
625
William Carlos Williams: "The Lonely Street"
3 min