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
Marion Strobel: "Little Things"
3 min
202
Harriet Monroe: "The Giant Cactus of Arizona"
4 min
203
Taije Silverman: "Armageddon"
6 min
204
Shamala Gallagher: "'The New York Times' Says A...
3 min
205
Jan Beatty: "Drag"
2 min
206
Tim Seibles: "Naïve"
4 min
207
Saida Agostini: "black aphrodite entertains a m...
3 min
208
Sarah Lee Brown Fleming: "Come Let Us Be Friends"
3 min
209
Skipwith Cannell: "The Coming of Night"
4 min
210
Yona Harvey: "But for now the music swings from...
3 min
211
Brenda Shaughnessy: "2-Sided Map Shows Line Whe...
4 min
212
Patrick Rosal: "Yes It Will Rain (or Prayer for...
5 min
213
Kim Addonizio: "This Too Shall Pass"
3 min
214
Ellen Bass: "You’re the Top"
3 min
215
Maria White Lowell: "The Alpine Sheep"
5 min
216
Matthew Arnold: "A Southern Night"
7 min
217
Keetje Kuipers: "Emesis"
3 min
218
Tyler Mills: "ectopic"
3 min
219
Avni Vyas: "After Bob Across the Street Fires H...
2 min
220
Preeti Vangani: "One Cup of Chai"
3 min
221
Keith Leonard: "Abecedarian on the Good Father"
3 min
222
James Russell Lowell: "To the Dandelion"
6 min
223
Emma Lazarus : From “An Epistle”
6 min
224
Diannely Antigua: "Blessing the Baby"
3 min
225
Guest Editor Interview: March 2024 Guest Editor...
12 min