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