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
776
Alafia Nicole Sessions: "Fable with Cyst, Celes...
3 min
777
Sin à Tes Souhaits: "On Crip"
4 min
778
Jayson P. Smith: "on fathers & swords"
3 min
779
Sam Sax: "My Hole. My Whole."
3 min
780
Wallace Stevens: "Peter Quince at the Clavier"
6 min
781
Dorothy Parker: "Incurable"
3 min
782
Ajanaé Dawkins: "How to Witness a Miracle Witho...
3 min
783
Tameka Cage Conley: "Kin: First Responders"
4 min
784
Nabila Lovelace: "Sojourned."
4 min
785
Tish Jones: "There Was No Sun in the Room"
2 min
786
Bernardo Wade: "The Hymn"
2 min
787
Robert Frost: "Acceptance"
3 min
788
Karle Wilson Baker: "Bluebird and Cardinal"
6 min
789
Chandler Peters-Durose: "Rest stop"
2 min
790
Desdamona: "Once and Future"
3 min
791
Farah Habad: "And out of the ashes"
3 min
792
Kyle Tran Myhre: "When it Really is Just the Wi...
5 min
793
Ty Chapman: "Alone in bed thinking about anothe...
2 min
794
Hildegarde Flanner: "To a Tree in Bloom"
2 min
795
E. E. Cummings: "Here’s a Little Mouse"
3 min
796
Ollie Schminkey: "The First Rule of Buoyancy"
4 min
797
Isha Camara: "The Hills are Writing"
4 min
798
Guest Editor Interview: August 2024 Guest Edito...
10 min
799
Emily Khilfeh: "Ekphrasis On “The New York Time...
2 min
800
Tarik Dobbs: "Artist Statement"
2 min