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
826
Tyler Mills: "ectopic"
3 min
827
Avni Vyas: "After Bob Across the Street Fires H...
2 min
828
Preeti Vangani: "One Cup of Chai"
3 min
829
Keith Leonard: "Abecedarian on the Good Father"
3 min
830
James Russell Lowell: "To the Dandelion"
6 min
831
Emma Lazarus : From “An Epistle”
6 min
832
Diannely Antigua: "Blessing the Baby"
3 min
833
Guest Editor Interview: March 2024 Guest Editor...
12 min
834
Hayes Davis: “‘Thhhat was great’”
2 min
835
Jacqueline Allen Trimble: "Walking Beside the C...
4 min
836
Allison Joseph: "Incognito Grief: A Blues"
2 min
837
Teri Ellen Cross Davis: "Migraines have their say"
3 min
838
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.: "Sonnet"
3 min
839
Leslie Pinckney Hill: "The Black Man’s Bit"
5 min
840
jessica Care moore: "Wild Beauty"
4 min
841
Alexis Pauline Gumbs: "oriño ka-n-an manbo emalé"
3 min
842
Roberto Carlos Garcia: "From 'Tempest'”
3 min
843
Tracy K. Smith: "Everybody’s Autobiography"
2 min
844
Tony Medina: "Seven Steps to Heaven Haiku"
3 min
845
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "The Octoroon"
3 min
846
Julius C. Wright: "Going to the Picnic"
4 min
847
Niki Herd: "From 'The Stuff of Hollywood'”
2 min
848
Rain Prud’homme-Cranford: "Gills"
4 min
849
Kelly Norman Ellis: "Saturday Class: Janie Craw...
2 min
850
Lucille Clifton: "[poets in their bassinets]"
2 min