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
Skipwith Cannell: "The Coming of Night"
4 min
652
Yona Harvey: "But for now the music swings from...
3 min
653
Brenda Shaughnessy: "2-Sided Map Shows Line Whe...
4 min
654
Patrick Rosal: "Yes It Will Rain (or Prayer for...
5 min
655
Kim Addonizio: "This Too Shall Pass"
3 min
656
Ellen Bass: "You’re the Top"
3 min
657
Maria White Lowell: "The Alpine Sheep"
5 min
658
Matthew Arnold: "A Southern Night"
7 min
659
Keetje Kuipers: "Emesis"
3 min
660
Tyler Mills: "ectopic"
3 min
661
Avni Vyas: "After Bob Across the Street Fires H...
2 min
662
Preeti Vangani: "One Cup of Chai"
3 min
663
Keith Leonard: "Abecedarian on the Good Father"
3 min
664
James Russell Lowell: "To the Dandelion"
6 min
665
Emma Lazarus : From “An Epistle”
6 min
666
Diannely Antigua: "Blessing the Baby"
3 min
667
Hayes Davis: “‘Thhhat was great’”
2 min
668
Guest Editor Interview: March 2024 Guest Editor...
12 min
669
Jacqueline Allen Trimble: "Walking Beside the C...
4 min
670
Allison Joseph: "Incognito Grief: A Blues"
2 min
671
Teri Ellen Cross Davis: "Migraines have their say"
3 min
672
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.: "Sonnet"
3 min
673
Leslie Pinckney Hill: "The Black Man’s Bit"
5 min
674
jessica Care moore: "Wild Beauty"
4 min
675
Alexis Pauline Gumbs: "oriño ka-n-an manbo emalé"
3 min