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 Genevieve Shubeck. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.
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Lance Larsen: "To My Daughter's Dead Name"
3 min
252
Trish Hopkinson: "Clutch"
3 min
253
Washington Matthews: "Song 'A'"
3 min
254
Witter Bynner: "Madagascar [Opus 104]"
2 min
255
Chris Watkins: "The Sonnet in Drag"
3 min
256
Carol Moldaw: "What We Wanted"
4 min
257
Erin Marie Lynch: "Poshmark"
3 min
258
Rob Arnold: "Fourth of July"
3 min
259
Elise Paschen: "Aperture"
3 min
260
Alan Seeger: "Liebestod"
4 min
261
Mary Cornelia Hartshorne: "The Poet"
3 min
262
Alice Fulton: "Tough Zinnias"
4 min
263
Landis Grenville: "Homecoming"
3 min
264
Anthony Borruso: "Some Melodious Plot"
4 min
265
James Thomas Stevens: "To Hell Gate"
3 min
266
Anne Marie Rooney: "Abstraction"
2 min
267
Anonymous: "Lament of a Man for His Son"
3 min
268
William Rose Benét: "Unforgotten"
2 min
269
Avia Tadmor: "Nothing Personal"
4 min
270
Guest Editor Interview: November 2025 Guest Edi...
20 min
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Ameen Animashaun: "The Dance of the Lambs and t...
3 min
272
Brian Teare: "smallholding"
7 min
273
Weijia Pan: "Immigrant Song at a Food Truck"
2 min
274
Jennifer Elise Foerster: "American History"
4 min
275
James Ephraim McGirt: "A Mystery"
3 min