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
801
Patrick Rosal: "Yes It Will Rain (or Prayer for...
5 min
802
Kim Addonizio: "This Too Shall Pass"
3 min
803
Ellen Bass: "You’re the Top"
3 min
804
Maria White Lowell: "The Alpine Sheep"
5 min
805
Matthew Arnold: "A Southern Night"
7 min
806
Keetje Kuipers: "Emesis"
3 min
807
Tyler Mills: "ectopic"
3 min
808
Avni Vyas: "After Bob Across the Street Fires H...
2 min
809
Preeti Vangani: "One Cup of Chai"
3 min
810
Keith Leonard: "Abecedarian on the Good Father"
3 min
811
James Russell Lowell: "To the Dandelion"
6 min
812
Emma Lazarus : From “An Epistle”
6 min
813
Diannely Antigua: "Blessing the Baby"
3 min
814
Guest Editor Interview: March 2024 Guest Editor...
12 min
815
Hayes Davis: “‘Thhhat was great’”
2 min
816
Jacqueline Allen Trimble: "Walking Beside the C...
4 min
817
Allison Joseph: "Incognito Grief: A Blues"
2 min
818
Teri Ellen Cross Davis: "Migraines have their say"
3 min
819
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.: "Sonnet"
3 min
820
Leslie Pinckney Hill: "The Black Man’s Bit"
5 min
821
jessica Care moore: "Wild Beauty"
4 min
822
Alexis Pauline Gumbs: "oriño ka-n-an manbo emalé"
3 min
823
Roberto Carlos Garcia: "From 'Tempest'”
3 min
824
Tracy K. Smith: "Everybody’s Autobiography"
2 min
825
Tony Medina: "Seven Steps to Heaven Haiku"
3 min