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
Ellen Bass: "You’re the Top"
3 min
627
Maria White Lowell: "The Alpine Sheep"
5 min
628
Matthew Arnold: "A Southern Night"
7 min
629
Keetje Kuipers: "Emesis"
3 min
630
Tyler Mills: "ectopic"
3 min
631
Avni Vyas: "After Bob Across the Street Fires H...
2 min
632
Preeti Vangani: "One Cup of Chai"
3 min
633
Keith Leonard: "Abecedarian on the Good Father"
3 min
634
James Russell Lowell: "To the Dandelion"
6 min
635
Emma Lazarus : From “An Epistle”
6 min
636
Diannely Antigua: "Blessing the Baby"
3 min
637
Guest Editor Interview: March 2024 Guest Editor...
12 min
638
Hayes Davis: “‘Thhhat was great’”
2 min
639
Jacqueline Allen Trimble: "Walking Beside the C...
4 min
640
Allison Joseph: "Incognito Grief: A Blues"
2 min
641
Teri Ellen Cross Davis: "Migraines have their say"
3 min
642
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.: "Sonnet"
3 min
643
Leslie Pinckney Hill: "The Black Man’s Bit"
5 min
644
jessica Care moore: "Wild Beauty"
4 min
645
Alexis Pauline Gumbs: "oriño ka-n-an manbo emalé"
3 min
646
Roberto Carlos Garcia: "From 'Tempest'”
3 min
647
Tracy K. Smith: "Everybody’s Autobiography"
2 min
648
Tony Medina: "Seven Steps to Heaven Haiku"
3 min
649
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "The Octoroon"
3 min
650
Julius C. Wright: "Going to the Picnic"
4 min