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
Ty Chapman: "Alone in bed thinking about anothe...
2 min
852
Hildegarde Flanner: "To a Tree in Bloom"
2 min
853
E. E. Cummings: "Here’s a Little Mouse"
3 min
854
Ollie Schminkey: "The First Rule of Buoyancy"
4 min
855
Isha Camara: "The Hills are Writing"
4 min
856
Guest Editor Interview: August 2024 Guest Edito...
10 min
857
Emily Khilfeh: "Ekphrasis On “The New York Time...
2 min
858
Tarik Dobbs: "Artist Statement"
2 min
859
Spencer Williams: "I wake at dawn to glimpse my...
2 min
860
Carl Sandburg: From “The Windy City”
4 min
861
Effie Lee Newsome: "At the Pool"
4 min
862
Golden: "& When They Come for Me (Reprise)"
3 min
863
Arianna Monet: "Thinking about “The Little Merm...
2 min
864
Justice Ameer: "Necessary Conditions"
2 min
865
C. T. Salazar: "River"
3 min
866
Gaia Rajan: "Dent"
2 min
867
William Carlos Williams: "The Lonely Street"
3 min
868
T. S. Eliot: "The Hollow Men"
6 min
869
Ilyus Evander: "tempo"
2 min
870
K. Iver: "The Gotham Hotel"
3 min
871
aeon ginsberg: "anyways im radicalized now"
5 min
872
Ally Ang: "Masculinity Ode"
2 min
873
jason b crawford: "Untitled 1975–86"
3 min
874
Archibald MacLeish: "The Altar"
3 min
875
Robinson Jeffers: "The Truce and the Peace"
14 min