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
1001
Patrick Rosal: "Yes It Will Rain (or Prayer for...
5 min
1002
Kim Addonizio: "This Too Shall Pass"
3 min
1003
Ellen Bass: "You’re the Top"
3 min
1004
Maria White Lowell: "The Alpine Sheep"
5 min
1005
Matthew Arnold: "A Southern Night"
7 min
1006
Keetje Kuipers: "Emesis"
3 min
1007
Tyler Mills: "ectopic"
3 min
1008
Avni Vyas: "After Bob Across the Street Fires H...
2 min
1009
Preeti Vangani: "One Cup of Chai"
3 min
1010
Keith Leonard: "Abecedarian on the Good Father"
3 min
1011
James Russell Lowell: "To the Dandelion"
6 min
1012
Emma Lazarus : From “An Epistle”
6 min
1013
Diannely Antigua: "Blessing the Baby"
3 min
1014
Hayes Davis: “‘Thhhat was great’”
2 min
1015
Guest Editor Interview: March 2024 Guest Editor...
12 min
1016
Jacqueline Allen Trimble: "Walking Beside the C...
4 min
1017
Allison Joseph: "Incognito Grief: A Blues"
2 min
1018
Teri Ellen Cross Davis: "Migraines have their say"
3 min
1019
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr.: "Sonnet"
3 min
1020
Leslie Pinckney Hill: "The Black Man’s Bit"
5 min
1021
jessica Care moore: "Wild Beauty"
4 min
1022
Alexis Pauline Gumbs: "oriño ka-n-an manbo emalé"
3 min
1023
Roberto Carlos Garcia: "From 'Tempest'”
3 min
1024
Tracy K. Smith: "Everybody’s Autobiography"
2 min
1025
Tony Medina: "Seven Steps to Heaven Haiku"
3 min