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
Guest Editor Interview: August 2024 Guest Edito...
10 min
802
Emily Khilfeh: "Ekphrasis On “The New York Time...
2 min
803
Tarik Dobbs: "Artist Statement"
2 min
804
Spencer Williams: "I wake at dawn to glimpse my...
2 min
805
Carl Sandburg: From “The Windy City”
4 min
806
Effie Lee Newsome: "At the Pool"
4 min
807
Golden: "& When They Come for Me (Reprise)"
3 min
808
Arianna Monet: "Thinking about “The Little Merm...
2 min
809
Justice Ameer: "Necessary Conditions"
2 min
810
C. T. Salazar: "River"
3 min
811
Gaia Rajan: "Dent"
2 min
812
William Carlos Williams: "The Lonely Street"
3 min
813
T. S. Eliot: "The Hollow Men"
6 min
814
Ilyus Evander: "tempo"
2 min
815
K. Iver: "The Gotham Hotel"
3 min
816
aeon ginsberg: "anyways im radicalized now"
5 min
817
Ally Ang: "Masculinity Ode"
2 min
818
jason b crawford: "Untitled 1975–86"
3 min
819
Archibald MacLeish: "The Altar"
3 min
820
Robinson Jeffers: "The Truce and the Peace"
14 min
821
Marlin M. Jenkins: "against cleansing"
2 min
822
Nen G. Ramirez: "Love poem with a dying cat"
4 min
823
Summer Farah: "After Mount Tamalpais, I Tell Et...
4 min
824
Xan Forest Phillips: "no one wants to be rough ...
3 min
825
Nora Hikari: "Imago Dei"
3 min