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
Kim Addonizio: "This Too Shall Pass"
3 min
777
Ellen Bass: "You’re the Top"
3 min
778
Maria White Lowell: "The Alpine Sheep"
5 min
779
Matthew Arnold: "A Southern Night"
7 min
780
Keetje Kuipers: "Emesis"
3 min
781
Tyler Mills: "ectopic"
3 min
782
Avni Vyas: "After Bob Across the Street Fires H...
2 min
783
Preeti Vangani: "One Cup of Chai"
3 min
784
Keith Leonard: "Abecedarian on the Good Father"
3 min
785
James Russell Lowell: "To the Dandelion"
6 min
786
Emma Lazarus : From “An Epistle”
6 min
787
Diannely Antigua: "Blessing the Baby"
3 min
788
Guest Editor Interview: March 2024 Guest Editor...
12 min
789
Hayes Davis: “‘Thhhat was great’”
2 min
790
Jacqueline Allen Trimble: "Walking Beside the C...
4 min
791
Allison Joseph: "Incognito Grief: A Blues"
2 min
792
Teri Ellen Cross Davis: "Migraines have their say"
3 min
793
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.: "Sonnet"
3 min
794
Leslie Pinckney Hill: "The Black Man’s Bit"
5 min
795
jessica Care moore: "Wild Beauty"
4 min
796
Alexis Pauline Gumbs: "oriño ka-n-an manbo emalé"
3 min
797
Roberto Carlos Garcia: "From 'Tempest'”
3 min
798
Tracy K. Smith: "Everybody’s Autobiography"
2 min
799
Tony Medina: "Seven Steps to Heaven Haiku"
3 min
800
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "The Octoroon"
3 min