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
176
Isha Camara: "The Hills are Writing"
4 min
177
Emily Khilfeh: "Ekphrasis On “The New York Time...
2 min
178
Guest Editor Interview: August 2024 Guest Edito...
10 min
179
Tarik Dobbs: "Artist Statement"
2 min
180
Spencer Williams: "I wake at dawn to glimpse my...
2 min
181
Carl Sandburg: From “The Windy City”
4 min
182
Effie Lee Newsome: "At the Pool"
4 min
183
Golden: "& When They Come for Me (Reprise)"
3 min
184
Arianna Monet: "Thinking about “The Little Merm...
2 min
185
Justice Ameer: "Necessary Conditions"
2 min
186
C. T. Salazar: "River"
3 min
187
Gaia Rajan: "Dent"
2 min
188
William Carlos Williams: "The Lonely Street"
3 min
189
T. S. Eliot: "The Hollow Men"
6 min
190
Ilyus Evander: "tempo"
2 min
191
K. Iver: "The Gotham Hotel"
3 min
192
aeon ginsberg: "anyways im radicalized now"
5 min
193
Ally Ang: "Masculinity Ode"
2 min
194
jason b crawford: "Untitled 1975–86"
3 min
195
Archibald MacLeish: "The Altar"
3 min
196
Robinson Jeffers: "The Truce and the Peace"
14 min
197
Marlin M. Jenkins: "against cleansing"
2 min
198
Nen G. Ramirez: "Love poem with a dying cat"
4 min
199
Summer Farah: "After Mount Tamalpais, I Tell Et...
4 min
200
Xan Forest Phillips: "no one wants to be rough ...
3 min