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
Tish Jones: "There Was No Sun in the Room"
2 min
852
Bernardo Wade: "The Hymn"
2 min
853
Robert Frost: "Acceptance"
3 min
854
Karle Wilson Baker: "Bluebird and Cardinal"
6 min
855
Chandler Peters-Durose: "Rest stop"
2 min
856
Desdamona: "Once and Future"
3 min
857
Farah Habad: "And out of the ashes"
3 min
858
Kyle Tran Myhre: "When it Really is Just the Wi...
5 min
859
Ty Chapman: "Alone in bed thinking about anothe...
2 min
860
Hildegarde Flanner: "To a Tree in Bloom"
2 min
861
E. E. Cummings: "Here’s a Little Mouse"
3 min
862
Ollie Schminkey: "The First Rule of Buoyancy"
4 min
863
Isha Camara: "The Hills are Writing"
4 min
864
Guest Editor Interview: August 2024 Guest Edito...
10 min
865
Emily Khilfeh: "Ekphrasis On “The New York Time...
2 min
866
Tarik Dobbs: "Artist Statement"
2 min
867
Spencer Williams: "I wake at dawn to glimpse my...
2 min
868
Carl Sandburg: From “The Windy City”
4 min
869
Effie Lee Newsome: "At the Pool"
4 min
870
Golden: "& When They Come for Me (Reprise)"
3 min
871
Arianna Monet: "Thinking about “The Little Merm...
2 min
872
Justice Ameer: "Necessary Conditions"
2 min
873
C. T. Salazar: "River"
3 min
874
Gaia Rajan: "Dent"
2 min
875
William Carlos Williams: "The Lonely Street"
3 min