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
651
Ty Chapman: "Alone in bed thinking about anothe...
2 min
652
Hildegarde Flanner: "To a Tree in Bloom"
2 min
653
E. E. Cummings: "Here’s a Little Mouse"
3 min
654
Ollie Schminkey: "The First Rule of Buoyancy"
4 min
655
Isha Camara: "The Hills are Writing"
4 min
656
Emily Khilfeh: "Ekphrasis On “The New York Time...
2 min
657
Guest Editor Interview: August 2024 Guest Edito...
10 min
658
Tarik Dobbs: "Artist Statement"
2 min
659
Spencer Williams: "I wake at dawn to glimpse my...
2 min
660
Carl Sandburg: From “The Windy City”
4 min
661
Effie Lee Newsome: "At the Pool"
4 min
662
Golden: "& When They Come for Me (Reprise)"
3 min
663
Arianna Monet: "Thinking about “The Little Merm...
2 min
664
Justice Ameer: "Necessary Conditions"
2 min
665
C. T. Salazar: "River"
3 min
666
Gaia Rajan: "Dent"
2 min
667
William Carlos Williams: "The Lonely Street"
3 min
668
T. S. Eliot: "The Hollow Men"
6 min
669
Ilyus Evander: "tempo"
2 min
670
K. Iver: "The Gotham Hotel"
3 min
671
aeon ginsberg: "anyways im radicalized now"
5 min
672
Ally Ang: "Masculinity Ode"
2 min
673
jason b crawford: "Untitled 1975–86"
3 min
674
Archibald MacLeish: "The Altar"
3 min
675
Robinson Jeffers: "The Truce and the Peace"
14 min