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