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
351
Arthur Sze: "Qinghai Lake"
3 min
352
Brian Gyamfi: "The Thing Dead on the Road"
2 min
353
Anonymous, translated by Frances Densmore: "My ...
2 min
354
Guest Editor Interview: December 2025 Guest Edi...
18 min
355
Marianne Moore: "Dock Rats"
4 min
356
Nicholas Friedman: "Night Before"
2 min
357
Casandra López: "Language Studies: ‘Wiishmenok ...
3 min
358
Abigail Chabitnoy: "Everything Exactly as It Se...
3 min
359
Elizabeth Lindsey Rogers: "Jessica McClure, Aft...
4 min
360
Benjamin Garcia: "Egg Tooth"
3 min
361
Samuel Alfred Beadle: "Alice"
3 min
362
Anne Brontë: "Night"
3 min
363
Lisa Bickmore: "flit [sparrow]"
3 min
364
Kimberly Blaeser: "Postures of Devotion"
7 min
365
Annie Wenstrup: "Lodestone"
4 min
366
Lance Larsen: "To My Daughter's Dead Name"
3 min
367
Trish Hopkinson: "Clutch"
3 min
368
Washington Matthews: "Song 'A'"
3 min
369
Witter Bynner: "Madagascar [Opus 104]"
2 min
370
Chris Watkins: "The Sonnet in Drag"
3 min
371
Carol Moldaw: "What We Wanted"
4 min
372
Erin Marie Lynch: "Poshmark"
3 min
373
Rob Arnold: "Fourth of July"
3 min
374
Elise Paschen: "Aperture"
3 min
375
Alan Seeger: "Liebestod"
4 min