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
326
Mary Shelley: "Stanzas" [How like a star you ro...
3 min
327
T. J. Anderson III: "Pollinator"
5 min
328
Roger Mitchell: "Going Back"
3 min
329
Elmaz Abinader: "True Metal"
3 min
330
David Wojahn: "Inauguration Day, 2025"
3 min
331
Talvikki Ansel: "The Lichens"
4 min
332
Lewis Carroll: "Christmas Greetings from a Fair...
3 min
333
Donald Justice: "The Artist Orpheus"
3 min
334
Michael Dickman: "A Good Doctor"
3 min
335
Dalia Taha, translated by Sara Elkamel: "Enter...
7 min
336
Aliki Barnstone: "The Sign as You Exit the Arti...
5 min
337
Yahya Frederickson: "News"
4 min
338
Chris Abani: "Ash Wednesday"
3 min
339
Charles Reznikoff: "XX" [A white curtain turnin...
2 min
340
Walter de la Mare: "A Song of Enchantment"
3 min
341
H. R. Webster: "Oranges"
5 min
342
Lawrence Joseph: "The Imagination Completes Its...
3 min
343
Megan Levad Beisner: "The woman who cut and pai...
3 min
344
Robert Laidler: "Jr"
3 min
345
Jennifer Huang: "Gender Euphoria and the Superb...
3 min
346
John Berryman: "Footing Our Cabin’s Lawn, Befor...
2 min
347
Wallace Stevens: "The Plot Against the Giant"
3 min
348
Richard Jackson: "A Loud Death"
5 min
349
Sophia Terazawa: From "September Roams a Vertic...
3 min
350
Maura Stanton: "A Night in Chicago"
3 min