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.
1
Jesse Nathan: “Panhandle”
3 min
2
Leonel Sánchez Lopez: “What the Birds Do”
2 min
3
Saeed Jones: “Self-Portrait as Hereboy, Sethe’s...
2 min
4
Andrea Cohen: “Pastime ”
2 min
5
Gertrude Stein: “Tender Buttons [Breakfast]”
8 min
6
Vachel Lindsay: “Meeting Ourselves”
3 min
7
Taylor Byas: “I begin the day thinking”
2 min
8
Guest Editor Interview: August 2025 Guest Edito...
21 min
9
Samantha Thornhill: “38. Shedding the Old”
3 min
10
Lauren K. Alleyne: “Gift”
3 min
11
Mary Jo Bang: “Madonna Overview”
3 min
12
L. Lamar Wilson: “Lauren Oya Olamina Explains E...
4 min
13
Philip Levine: “Breath”
4 min
14
Else Lasker-Schüler: “Sphinx”
2 min
15
Jeffrey Pethybridge: “Note on Method”
5 min
16
Adrian Matejka: “16 Bars Poetica”
2 min
17
Kiki Petrosino: From “De Jure Sanguinis”
2 min
18
Fiona Templeton: “Why Say That”
3 min
19
Elisa Gabbert: “The Bridge”
2 min
20
Rainer Maria Rilke: “Put Out My Eyes”
2 min
21
Charles Baudelaire: “Obsession”
3 min
22
CM Burroughs: “One Way To Resurrect An Ancestor”
2 min
23
Christian Campbell: “My Grandmother’s Love Lett...
3 min
24
Kyla Marshell: “Somewhere Swimming”
2 min
25
Tommye Blount: “Karl Lagerfeld’s line of beauty”
4 min