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
1
Kinsale Drake: "Rebuke/ /Spell"
3 min
2
Zaina Alsous: "To a Young Poet"
4 min
3
Mónica Alexandra Jiménez: "Theft"
2 min
4
MaKshya Tolbert: "Ways to Measure Trees "
3 min
5
Chibueze Crouch-Anyarogbu: "host"
2 min
6
William Moore: "Expectancy"
3 min
7
Angelina Weld Grimké: "Surrender"
3 min
8
Omar Berrada: "A Thistle Will Do"
3 min
9
Lily Painter: "Funk (#49 song)"
3 min
10
Youna Kwak: "After [I never feel so alive as wh...
2 min
11
Aldrin Regina Valdez: "January”
2 min
12
m.s. RedCherries: "playing america in spring
1 min
13
Blanche Taylor Dickinson: "Things Said When He ...
3 min
14
Frank Barbour Coffin: "The Negro’s 'America'”
3 min
15
Robert Hass: "The Creek in Shirley Canyon"
3 min
16
Guest Editor Interview: February 2025 Guest Edi...
23 min
17
Catherine Bowman: "Pears"
3 min
18
James Hannaham: " Apophasis Now"
1 min
19
Denise Duhamel: "Poem in Which My Mother Snapped"
2 min
20
Hisham Bustani: "An inauspicious day from the g...
8 min
21
Lucretia Maria Davidson: "The Smile of Innocence"
4 min
22
Richard Butler Glaenzer: "Star-Magic"
2 min
23
Mark Halliday: "Hoops with Nets"
3 min
24
Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello: "The Houseguest"
3 min
25
Ashley M. Jones: "HOLYHEADHARRIET"
4 min