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
751
Spencer Williams: "I wake at dawn to glimpse my...
2 min
752
Carl Sandburg: From “The Windy City”
4 min
753
Effie Lee Newsome: "At the Pool"
4 min
754
Golden: "& When They Come for Me (Reprise)"
3 min
755
Arianna Monet: "Thinking about “The Little Merm...
2 min
756
Justice Ameer: "Necessary Conditions"
2 min
757
C. T. Salazar: "River"
3 min
758
Gaia Rajan: "Dent"
2 min
759
William Carlos Williams: "The Lonely Street"
3 min
760
T. S. Eliot: "The Hollow Men"
6 min
761
Ilyus Evander: "tempo"
2 min
762
K. Iver: "The Gotham Hotel"
3 min
763
aeon ginsberg: "anyways im radicalized now"
5 min
764
Ally Ang: "Masculinity Ode"
2 min
765
jason b crawford: "Untitled 1975–86"
3 min
766
Archibald MacLeish: "The Altar"
3 min
767
Robinson Jeffers: "The Truce and the Peace"
14 min
768
Marlin M. Jenkins: "against cleansing"
2 min
769
Nen G. Ramirez: "Love poem with a dying cat"
4 min
770
Summer Farah: "After Mount Tamalpais, I Tell Et...
4 min
771
Xan Forest Phillips: "no one wants to be rough ...
3 min
772
Nora Hikari: "Imago Dei"
3 min
773
Elizabeth Barrett Browning: "The Seraph and Poet"
3 min
774
Edwin Arlington Robinson: "Sonnet"
3 min
775
Bradley Trumpfheller: "Loom"
2 min