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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Lisa Bickmore: "flit [sparrow]"
3 min
277
Kimberly Blaeser: "Postures of Devotion"
7 min
278
Annie Wenstrup: "Lodestone"
4 min
279
Lance Larsen: "To My Daughter's Dead Name"
3 min
280
Trish Hopkinson: "Clutch"
3 min
281
Washington Matthews: "Song 'A'"
3 min
282
Witter Bynner: "Madagascar [Opus 104]"
2 min
283
Chris Watkins: "The Sonnet in Drag"
3 min
284
Carol Moldaw: "What We Wanted"
4 min
285
Erin Marie Lynch: "Poshmark"
3 min
286
Rob Arnold: "Fourth of July"
3 min
287
Elise Paschen: "Aperture"
3 min
288
Alan Seeger: "Liebestod"
4 min
289
Mary Cornelia Hartshorne: "The Poet"
3 min
290
Alice Fulton: "Tough Zinnias"
4 min
291
Landis Grenville: "Homecoming"
3 min
292
Anthony Borruso: "Some Melodious Plot"
4 min
293
James Thomas Stevens: "To Hell Gate"
3 min
294
Anne Marie Rooney: "Abstraction"
2 min
295
Anonymous: "Lament of a Man for His Son"
3 min
296
William Rose Benét: "Unforgotten"
2 min
297
Avia Tadmor: "Nothing Personal"
4 min
298
Guest Editor Interview: November 2025 Guest Edi...
20 min
299
Ameen Animashaun: "The Dance of the Lambs and t...
3 min
300
Brian Teare: "smallholding"
7 min