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 Thea Matthews. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.

Books
51
Tim Seibles: "Naïve"
4 min
52
Saida Agostini: "black aphrodite entertains a m...
3 min
53
Sarah Lee Brown Fleming: "Come Let Us Be Friends"
3 min
54
Skipwith Cannell: "The Coming of Night"
4 min
55
Yona Harvey: "But for now the music swings from...
3 min
56
Brenda Shaughnessy: "2-Sided Map Shows Line Whe...
4 min
57
Patrick Rosal: "Yes It Will Rain (or Prayer for...
5 min
58
Kim Addonizio: "This Too Shall Pass"
3 min
59
Ellen Bass: "You’re the Top"
3 min
60
Maria White Lowell: "The Alpine Sheep"
5 min
61
Matthew Arnold: "A Southern Night"
7 min
62
Keetje Kuipers: "Emesis"
3 min
63
Tyler Mills: "ectopic"
3 min
64
Avni Vyas: "After Bob Across the Street Fires H...
2 min
65
Preeti Vangani: "One Cup of Chai"
3 min
66
Keith Leonard: "Abecedarian on the Good Father"
3 min
67
James Russell Lowell: "To the Dandelion"
6 min
68
Emma Lazarus : From “An Epistle”
6 min
69
Diannely Antigua: "Blessing the Baby"
3 min
70
Guest Editor Interview: March 2024 Guest Editor...
12 min
71
Hayes Davis: “‘Thhhat was great’”
2 min
72
Jacqueline Allen Trimble: "Walking Beside the C...
4 min
73
Allison Joseph: "Incognito Grief: A Blues"
2 min
74
Teri Ellen Cross Davis: "Migraines have their say"
3 min
75
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.: "Sonnet"
3 min