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