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