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
851
Ellen Bass: "You’re the Top"
3 min
852
Maria White Lowell: "The Alpine Sheep"
5 min
853
Matthew Arnold: "A Southern Night"
7 min
854
Keetje Kuipers: "Emesis"
3 min
855
Tyler Mills: "ectopic"
3 min
856
Avni Vyas: "After Bob Across the Street Fires H...
2 min
857
Preeti Vangani: "One Cup of Chai"
3 min
858
Keith Leonard: "Abecedarian on the Good Father"
3 min
859
James Russell Lowell: "To the Dandelion"
6 min
860
Emma Lazarus : From “An Epistle”
6 min
861
Diannely Antigua: "Blessing the Baby"
3 min
862
Hayes Davis: “‘Thhhat was great’”
2 min
863
Guest Editor Interview: March 2024 Guest Editor...
12 min
864
Jacqueline Allen Trimble: "Walking Beside the C...
4 min
865
Allison Joseph: "Incognito Grief: A Blues"
2 min
866
Teri Ellen Cross Davis: "Migraines have their say"
3 min
867
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.: "Sonnet"
3 min
868
Leslie Pinckney Hill: "The Black Man’s Bit"
5 min
869
jessica Care moore: "Wild Beauty"
4 min
870
Alexis Pauline Gumbs: "oriño ka-n-an manbo emalé"
3 min
871
Roberto Carlos Garcia: "From 'Tempest'”
3 min
872
Tracy K. Smith: "Everybody’s Autobiography"
2 min
873
Tony Medina: "Seven Steps to Heaven Haiku"
3 min
874
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "The Octoroon"
3 min
875
Julius C. Wright: "Going to the Picnic"
4 min