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
Shamala Gallagher: "'The New York Times' Says A...
3 min
752
Jan Beatty: "Drag"
2 min
753
Tim Seibles: "Naïve"
4 min
754
Saida Agostini: "black aphrodite entertains a m...
3 min
755
Sarah Lee Brown Fleming: "Come Let Us Be Friends"
3 min
756
Skipwith Cannell: "The Coming of Night"
4 min
757
Yona Harvey: "But for now the music swings from...
3 min
758
Brenda Shaughnessy: "2-Sided Map Shows Line Whe...
4 min
759
Patrick Rosal: "Yes It Will Rain (or Prayer for...
5 min
760
Kim Addonizio: "This Too Shall Pass"
3 min
761
Ellen Bass: "You’re the Top"
3 min
762
Maria White Lowell: "The Alpine Sheep"
5 min
763
Matthew Arnold: "A Southern Night"
7 min
764
Keetje Kuipers: "Emesis"
3 min
765
Tyler Mills: "ectopic"
3 min
766
Avni Vyas: "After Bob Across the Street Fires H...
2 min
767
Preeti Vangani: "One Cup of Chai"
3 min
768
Keith Leonard: "Abecedarian on the Good Father"
3 min
769
James Russell Lowell: "To the Dandelion"
6 min
770
Emma Lazarus : From “An Epistle”
6 min
771
Diannely Antigua: "Blessing the Baby"
3 min
772
Hayes Davis: “‘Thhhat was great’”
2 min
773
Guest Editor Interview: March 2024 Guest Editor...
12 min
774
Jacqueline Allen Trimble: "Walking Beside the C...
4 min
775
Allison Joseph: "Incognito Grief: A Blues"
2 min