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
376
Mary Cornelia Hartshorne: "The Poet"
3 min
377
Alice Fulton: "Tough Zinnias"
4 min
378
Landis Grenville: "Homecoming"
3 min
379
Anthony Borruso: "Some Melodious Plot"
4 min
380
James Thomas Stevens: "To Hell Gate"
3 min
381
Anne Marie Rooney: "Abstraction"
2 min
382
Anonymous: "Lament of a Man for His Son"
3 min
383
William Rose Benét: "Unforgotten"
2 min
384
Avia Tadmor: "Nothing Personal"
4 min
385
Guest Editor Interview: November 2025 Guest Edi...
20 min
386
Ameen Animashaun: "The Dance of the Lambs and t...
3 min
387
Brian Teare: "smallholding"
7 min
388
Weijia Pan: "Immigrant Song at a Food Truck"
2 min
389
Jennifer Elise Foerster: "American History"
4 min
390
James Ephraim McGirt: "A Mystery"
3 min
391
James Joyce: "III"
3 min
392
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "SoMa"
2 min
393
Dujie Tahat: "All-American Ghazal"
3 min
394
Matthew Gellman: "Conflation"
3 min
395
Susan Mitchell: "Wolf Moon"
4 min
396
Sam Sax: "Ode to Those Who Block Tunnels and Br...
4 min
397
Elias Lönnrot, translated by John Martin Crawfo...
4 min
398
Robinson Jeffers: From "The Loving Shepherdess"...
3 min
399
Sasha Wade: "Del Parto"
4 min
400
Lena Khalaf Tuffaha: "Correspondence with Apolo...
3 min