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
Edna St. Vincent Millay: "[Say what you will, a...
4 min
652
Jan Mandell: "Ode to Aging Bodies"
3 min
653
Alafia Nicole Sessions: "Fable with Cyst, Celes...
3 min
654
Sin à Tes Souhaits: "On Crip"
4 min
655
Jayson P. Smith: "on fathers & swords"
3 min
656
Sam Sax: "My Hole. My Whole."
3 min
657
Wallace Stevens: "Peter Quince at the Clavier"
6 min
658
Dorothy Parker: "Incurable"
3 min
659
Ajanaé Dawkins: "How to Witness a Miracle Witho...
3 min
660
Tameka Cage Conley: "Kin: First Responders"
4 min
661
Nabila Lovelace: "Sojourned."
4 min
662
Tish Jones: "There Was No Sun in the Room"
2 min
663
Bernardo Wade: "The Hymn"
2 min
664
Robert Frost: "Acceptance"
3 min
665
Karle Wilson Baker: "Bluebird and Cardinal"
6 min
666
Chandler Peters-Durose: "Rest stop"
2 min
667
Desdamona: "Once and Future"
3 min
668
Farah Habad: "And out of the ashes"
3 min
669
Kyle Tran Myhre: "When it Really is Just the Wi...
5 min
670
Ty Chapman: "Alone in bed thinking about anothe...
2 min
671
Hildegarde Flanner: "To a Tree in Bloom"
2 min
672
E. E. Cummings: "Here’s a Little Mouse"
3 min
673
Ollie Schminkey: "The First Rule of Buoyancy"
4 min
674
Isha Camara: "The Hills are Writing"
4 min
675
Emily Khilfeh: "Ekphrasis On “The New York Time...
2 min