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
701
Emily Khilfeh: "Ekphrasis On “The New York Time...
2 min
702
Guest Editor Interview: August 2024 Guest Edito...
10 min
703
Tarik Dobbs: "Artist Statement"
2 min
704
Spencer Williams: "I wake at dawn to glimpse my...
2 min
705
Carl Sandburg: From “The Windy City”
4 min
706
Effie Lee Newsome: "At the Pool"
4 min
707
Golden: "& When They Come for Me (Reprise)"
3 min
708
Arianna Monet: "Thinking about “The Little Merm...
2 min
709
Justice Ameer: "Necessary Conditions"
2 min
710
C. T. Salazar: "River"
3 min
711
Gaia Rajan: "Dent"
2 min
712
William Carlos Williams: "The Lonely Street"
3 min
713
T. S. Eliot: "The Hollow Men"
6 min
714
Ilyus Evander: "tempo"
2 min
715
K. Iver: "The Gotham Hotel"
3 min
716
aeon ginsberg: "anyways im radicalized now"
5 min
717
Ally Ang: "Masculinity Ode"
2 min
718
jason b crawford: "Untitled 1975–86"
3 min
719
Archibald MacLeish: "The Altar"
3 min
720
Robinson Jeffers: "The Truce and the Peace"
14 min
721
Marlin M. Jenkins: "against cleansing"
2 min
722
Nen G. Ramirez: "Love poem with a dying cat"
4 min
723
Summer Farah: "After Mount Tamalpais, I Tell Et...
4 min
724
Xan Forest Phillips: "no one wants to be rough ...
3 min
725
Nora Hikari: "Imago Dei"
3 min