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
676
Guest Editor Interview: August 2024 Guest Edito...
10 min
677
Tarik Dobbs: "Artist Statement"
2 min
678
Spencer Williams: "I wake at dawn to glimpse my...
2 min
679
Carl Sandburg: From “The Windy City”
4 min
680
Effie Lee Newsome: "At the Pool"
4 min
681
Golden: "& When They Come for Me (Reprise)"
3 min
682
Arianna Monet: "Thinking about “The Little Merm...
2 min
683
Justice Ameer: "Necessary Conditions"
2 min
684
C. T. Salazar: "River"
3 min
685
Gaia Rajan: "Dent"
2 min
686
William Carlos Williams: "The Lonely Street"
3 min
687
T. S. Eliot: "The Hollow Men"
6 min
688
Ilyus Evander: "tempo"
2 min
689
K. Iver: "The Gotham Hotel"
3 min
690
aeon ginsberg: "anyways im radicalized now"
5 min
691
Ally Ang: "Masculinity Ode"
2 min
692
jason b crawford: "Untitled 1975–86"
3 min
693
Archibald MacLeish: "The Altar"
3 min
694
Robinson Jeffers: "The Truce and the Peace"
14 min
695
Marlin M. Jenkins: "against cleansing"
2 min
696
Nen G. Ramirez: "Love poem with a dying cat"
4 min
697
Summer Farah: "After Mount Tamalpais, I Tell Et...
4 min
698
Xan Forest Phillips: "no one wants to be rough ...
3 min
699
Nora Hikari: "Imago Dei"
3 min
700
Elizabeth Barrett Browning: "The Seraph and Poet"
3 min