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
201
Hildegarde Flanner: "To a Tree in Bloom"
2 min
202
E. E. Cummings: "Here’s a Little Mouse"
3 min
203
Ollie Schminkey: "The First Rule of Buoyancy"
4 min
204
Isha Camara: "The Hills are Writing"
4 min
205
Guest Editor Interview: August 2024 Guest Edito...
10 min
206
Emily Khilfeh: "Ekphrasis On “The New York Time...
2 min
207
Tarik Dobbs: "Artist Statement"
2 min
208
Spencer Williams: "I wake at dawn to glimpse my...
2 min
209
Carl Sandburg: From “The Windy City”
4 min
210
Effie Lee Newsome: "At the Pool"
4 min
211
Golden: "& When They Come for Me (Reprise)"
3 min
212
Arianna Monet: "Thinking about “The Little Merm...
2 min
213
Justice Ameer: "Necessary Conditions"
2 min
214
C. T. Salazar: "River"
3 min
215
Gaia Rajan: "Dent"
2 min
216
William Carlos Williams: "The Lonely Street"
3 min
217
T. S. Eliot: "The Hollow Men"
6 min
218
Ilyus Evander: "tempo"
2 min
219
K. Iver: "The Gotham Hotel"
3 min
220
aeon ginsberg: "anyways im radicalized now"
5 min
221
Ally Ang: "Masculinity Ode"
2 min
222
jason b crawford: "Untitled 1975–86"
3 min
223
Archibald MacLeish: "The Altar"
3 min
224
Robinson Jeffers: "The Truce and the Peace"
14 min
225
Marlin M. Jenkins: "against cleansing"
2 min