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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Todd Davis: "How She Heard It"
3 min
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Lindsay Bernal: "The Laundresses"
4 min
278
Tim Earley: "Vacation Bible School"
4 min
279
Samuel Beckett: "Whoroscope"
7 min
280
E. E. Cummings: From "Puella Mea" [Through the ...
2 min
281
Adam Giannelli: "Alliterative Autobiography"
5 min
282
Jenny Johnson: "Queer Trivia Night"
6 min
283
Jacob Shores-Argüello: "The Names of Grasses"
3 min
284
Sara Nicholson: "What Ails Me"
3 min
285
Gary Jackson: "Chickens"
3 min
286
W. H. Auden: "II" [Doom is dark and deeper than...
3 min
287
André Fontainas, translated by Jethro Bithell: ...
3 min
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J. Bailey Hutchinson: "Megaloceros"
3 min
289
Austin Araujo: "Burning Candle"
3 min
290
Guest Editor Interview: January 2026 Guest Edit...
14 min
291
Carlina Duan: "I Face East (Ars Poetica)"
3 min
292
Sara Abou Rashed: "Gaza I"
3 min
293
Deema K. Shehabi: "Solstice Pantoum"
3 min
294
Oscar Wilde: "Le Jardin des Tuileries"
2 min
295
Mary Shelley: "Stanzas" [How like a star you ro...
3 min
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T. J. Anderson III: "Pollinator"
5 min
297
Roger Mitchell: "Going Back"
3 min
298
Elmaz Abinader: "True Metal"
3 min
299
David Wojahn: "Inauguration Day, 2025"
3 min
300
Talvikki Ansel: "The Lichens"
4 min