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
626
Kyle Tran Myhre: "When it Really is Just the Wi...
5 min
627
Ty Chapman: "Alone in bed thinking about anothe...
2 min
628
Hildegarde Flanner: "To a Tree in Bloom"
2 min
629
E. E. Cummings: "Here’s a Little Mouse"
3 min
630
Ollie Schminkey: "The First Rule of Buoyancy"
4 min
631
Isha Camara: "The Hills are Writing"
4 min
632
Guest Editor Interview: August 2024 Guest Edito...
10 min
633
Emily Khilfeh: "Ekphrasis On “The New York Time...
2 min
634
Tarik Dobbs: "Artist Statement"
2 min
635
Spencer Williams: "I wake at dawn to glimpse my...
2 min
636
Carl Sandburg: From “The Windy City”
4 min
637
Effie Lee Newsome: "At the Pool"
4 min
638
Golden: "& When They Come for Me (Reprise)"
3 min
639
Arianna Monet: "Thinking about “The Little Merm...
2 min
640
Justice Ameer: "Necessary Conditions"
2 min
641
C. T. Salazar: "River"
3 min
642
Gaia Rajan: "Dent"
2 min
643
William Carlos Williams: "The Lonely Street"
3 min
644
T. S. Eliot: "The Hollow Men"
6 min
645
Ilyus Evander: "tempo"
2 min
646
K. Iver: "The Gotham Hotel"
3 min
647
aeon ginsberg: "anyways im radicalized now"
5 min
648
Ally Ang: "Masculinity Ode"
2 min
649
jason b crawford: "Untitled 1975–86"
3 min
650
Archibald MacLeish: "The Altar"
3 min