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.

Books
276
Anne Marie Rooney: "Abstraction"
2 min
277
Anonymous: "Lament of a Man for His Son"
3 min
278
William Rose Benét: "Unforgotten"
2 min
279
Avia Tadmor: "Nothing Personal"
4 min
280
Guest Editor Interview: November 2025 Guest Edi...
20 min
281
Ameen Animashaun: "The Dance of the Lambs and t...
3 min
282
Brian Teare: "smallholding"
7 min
283
Weijia Pan: "Immigrant Song at a Food Truck"
2 min
284
Jennifer Elise Foerster: "American History"
4 min
285
James Ephraim McGirt: "A Mystery"
3 min
286
James Joyce: "III"
3 min
287
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "SoMa"
2 min
288
Dujie Tahat: "All-American Ghazal"
3 min
289
Matthew Gellman: "Conflation"
3 min
290
Susan Mitchell: "Wolf Moon"
4 min
291
Sam Sax: "Ode to Those Who Block Tunnels and Br...
4 min
292
Elias Lönnrot, translated by John Martin Crawfo...
4 min
293
Robinson Jeffers: From "The Loving Shepherdess"...
3 min
294
Sasha Wade: "Del Parto"
4 min
295
Lena Khalaf Tuffaha: "Correspondence with Apolo...
3 min
296
Monica Ferrell: "Subclinical"
3 min
297
Kevin Prufer: "Graves"
4 min
298
Tsering Wangmo Dhompa: "Camay International"
3 min
299
Louise Bogan: "Cassandra"
2 min
300
Iris Tree: "The Complex Life"
4 min