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
Jan Beatty: "Drag"
2 min
602
Tim Seibles: "Naïve"
4 min
603
Saida Agostini: "black aphrodite entertains a m...
3 min
604
Sarah Lee Brown Fleming: "Come Let Us Be Friends"
3 min
605
Skipwith Cannell: "The Coming of Night"
4 min
606
Yona Harvey: "But for now the music swings from...
3 min
607
Brenda Shaughnessy: "2-Sided Map Shows Line Whe...
4 min
608
Patrick Rosal: "Yes It Will Rain (or Prayer for...
5 min
609
Kim Addonizio: "This Too Shall Pass"
3 min
610
Ellen Bass: "You’re the Top"
3 min
611
Maria White Lowell: "The Alpine Sheep"
5 min
612
Matthew Arnold: "A Southern Night"
7 min
613
Keetje Kuipers: "Emesis"
3 min
614
Tyler Mills: "ectopic"
3 min
615
Avni Vyas: "After Bob Across the Street Fires H...
2 min
616
Preeti Vangani: "One Cup of Chai"
3 min
617
Keith Leonard: "Abecedarian on the Good Father"
3 min
618
James Russell Lowell: "To the Dandelion"
6 min
619
Emma Lazarus : From “An Epistle”
6 min
620
Diannely Antigua: "Blessing the Baby"
3 min
621
Guest Editor Interview: March 2024 Guest Editor...
12 min
622
Hayes Davis: “‘Thhhat was great’”
2 min
623
Jacqueline Allen Trimble: "Walking Beside the C...
4 min
624
Allison Joseph: "Incognito Grief: A Blues"
2 min
625
Teri Ellen Cross Davis: "Migraines have their say"
3 min