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 Thea Matthews. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.

Books
151
Spencer Williams: "I wake at dawn to glimpse my...
2 min
152
Carl Sandburg: From “The Windy City”
4 min
153
Effie Lee Newsome: "At the Pool"
4 min
154
Golden: "& When They Come for Me (Reprise)"
3 min
155
Arianna Monet: "Thinking about “The Little Merm...
2 min
156
Justice Ameer: "Necessary Conditions"
2 min
157
C. T. Salazar: "River"
3 min
158
Gaia Rajan: "Dent"
2 min
159
William Carlos Williams: "The Lonely Street"
3 min
160
T. S. Eliot: "The Hollow Men"
6 min
161
Ilyus Evander: "tempo"
2 min
162
K. Iver: "The Gotham Hotel"
3 min
163
aeon ginsberg: "anyways im radicalized now"
5 min
164
Ally Ang: "Masculinity Ode"
2 min
165
jason b crawford: "Untitled 1975–86"
3 min
166
Archibald MacLeish: "The Altar"
3 min
167
Robinson Jeffers: "The Truce and the Peace"
14 min
168
Marlin M. Jenkins: "against cleansing"
2 min
169
Nen G. Ramirez: "Love poem with a dying cat"
4 min
170
Summer Farah: "After Mount Tamalpais, I Tell Et...
4 min
171
Xan Forest Phillips: "no one wants to be rough ...
3 min
172
Nora Hikari: "Imago Dei"
3 min
173
Elizabeth Barrett Browning: "The Seraph and Poet"
3 min
174
Edwin Arlington Robinson: "Sonnet"
3 min
175
Bradley Trumpfheller: "Loom"
2 min