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
Christian Campbell: “My Grandmother’s Love Lett...
3 min
2
Kyla Marshell: “Somewhere Swimming”
2 min
3
Tommye Blount: “Karl Lagerfeld’s line of beauty”
4 min
4
Jzl Jmz: “Drenched in Reflection”
2 min
5
Adrienne Rich: “This Evening Let’s”
4 min
6
Pierre Dupont: “A Serenade”
2 min
7
Abe Louise Young: “Who”
2 min
8
Douglas Kearney: “There’s no ‘sass’ in “dissoci...
2 min
9
Chet’la Sebree: “An End”
3 min
10
Lillian-Yvonne Bertram: “Black Pastoral”
3 min
11
Antoinette Brim-Bell: “Insomniac Tankas”
2 min
12
Djuna Barnes: “I’d Have You Think of Me”
3 min
13
Victor Hugo: “Truth”
7 min
14
Keith S. Wilson: “there aren’t enough idioms ab...
2 min
15
Andrea Rexilius: “The Way the Language Was”
2 min
16
Bettina Judd: “A Poem about Home”
3 min
17
DaMaris B. Hill: “Come. Pray. Know”
3 min
18
Guest Editor Interview: July 2025 Guest Editor ...
16 min
19
Anahita Monfared: “The Manic Depressive’s Alpha...
6 min
20
Sappho: “[It was summer when I found you]”
2 min
21
Lord Alfred Douglas: “Wine of Summer”
6 min
22
Anja Mei-Ping Kuipers: “After a Rochester Wedding”
3 min
23
francine j. harris: “There are inanimate things...
3 min
24
DéLana R. A. Dameron: “When Mama died, I lost m...
3 min
25
C. Russell Price: “I Decide to Tell Ghost Cowbo...
2 min