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
301
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "SoMa"
2 min
302
Dujie Tahat: "All-American Ghazal"
3 min
303
Matthew Gellman: "Conflation"
3 min
304
Susan Mitchell: "Wolf Moon"
4 min
305
Sam Sax: "Ode to Those Who Block Tunnels and Br...
4 min
306
Elias Lönnrot, translated by John Martin Crawfo...
4 min
307
Robinson Jeffers: From "The Loving Shepherdess"...
3 min
308
Sasha Wade: "Del Parto"
4 min
309
Lena Khalaf Tuffaha: "Correspondence with Apolo...
3 min
310
Monica Ferrell: "Subclinical"
3 min
311
Kevin Prufer: "Graves"
4 min
312
Tsering Wangmo Dhompa: "Camay International"
3 min
313
Louise Bogan: "Cassandra"
2 min
314
Iris Tree: "The Complex Life"
4 min
315
Kelan Nee: "Manifesto"
4 min
316
Victoria Chang: "The Swan, No. 3 (Hilma af Klint)"
3 min
317
Dāshaun Washington: "Half-light"
3 min
318
Kelli Russell Agodon: "Dementia Is a New Way to...
3 min
319
Zeina Hashem Beck: "Standup Sonnet"
4 min
320
Aldous Huxley: "The Burning Wheel"
4 min
321
Alexander Pushkin: "A Nereid"
2 min
322
David Roderick: "Message for Jim in Syria [Fall...
3 min
323
Blas Falconer: "This is Not a Horse"
3 min
324
Hua Xi: "A Bookshelf"
2 min
325
Guest Editor Interview: October 2025 Guest Edit...
14 min