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
Shamala Gallagher: "'The New York Times' Says A...
3 min
1002
Jan Beatty: "Drag"
2 min
1003
Tim Seibles: "Naïve"
4 min
1004
Saida Agostini: "black aphrodite entertains a m...
3 min
1005
Sarah Lee Brown Fleming: "Come Let Us Be Friends"
3 min
1006
Skipwith Cannell: "The Coming of Night"
4 min
1007
Yona Harvey: "But for now the music swings from...
3 min
1008
Brenda Shaughnessy: "2-Sided Map Shows Line Whe...
4 min
1009
Patrick Rosal: "Yes It Will Rain (or Prayer for...
5 min
1010
Kim Addonizio: "This Too Shall Pass"
3 min
1011
Ellen Bass: "You’re the Top"
3 min
1012
Maria White Lowell: "The Alpine Sheep"
5 min
1013
Matthew Arnold: "A Southern Night"
7 min
1014
Keetje Kuipers: "Emesis"
3 min
1015
Tyler Mills: "ectopic"
3 min
1016
Avni Vyas: "After Bob Across the Street Fires H...
2 min
1017
Preeti Vangani: "One Cup of Chai"
3 min
1018
Keith Leonard: "Abecedarian on the Good Father"
3 min
1019
James Russell Lowell: "To the Dandelion"
6 min
1020
Emma Lazarus : From “An Epistle”
6 min
1021
Diannely Antigua: "Blessing the Baby"
3 min
1022
Hayes Davis: “‘Thhhat was great’”
2 min
1023
Guest Editor Interview: March 2024 Guest Editor...
12 min
1024
Jacqueline Allen Trimble: "Walking Beside the C...
4 min
1025
Allison Joseph: "Incognito Grief: A Blues"
2 min