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
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Sara Abou Rashed: "Gaza I"
3 min
52
Deema K. Shehabi: "Solstice Pantoum"
3 min
53
Oscar Wilde: "Le Jardin des Tuileries"
2 min
54
Mary Shelley: "Stanzas" [How like a star you ro...
3 min
55
T. J. Anderson III: "Pollinator"
5 min
56
Roger Mitchell: "Going Back"
3 min
57
Elmaz Abinader: "True Metal"
3 min
58
David Wojahn: "Inauguration Day, 2025"
3 min
59
Talvikki Ansel: "The Lichens"
4 min
60
Lewis Carroll: "Christmas Greetings from a Fair...
3 min
61
Donald Justice: "The Artist Orpheus"
3 min
62
Michael Dickman: "A Good Doctor"
3 min
63
Dalia Taha, translated by Sara Elkamel: "Enter...
7 min
64
Aliki Barnstone: "The Sign as You Exit the Arti...
5 min
65
Yahya Frederickson: "News"
4 min
66
Chris Abani: "Ash Wednesday"
3 min
67
Charles Reznikoff: "XX" [A white curtain turnin...
2 min
68
Walter de la Mare: "A Song of Enchantment"
3 min
69
H. R. Webster: "Oranges"
5 min
70
Lawrence Joseph: "The Imagination Completes Its...
3 min
71
Megan Levad Beisner: "The woman who cut and pai...
3 min
72
Robert Laidler: "Jr"
3 min
73
Jennifer Huang: "Gender Euphoria and the Superb...
3 min
74
John Berryman: "Footing Our Cabin’s Lawn, Befor...
2 min
75
Wallace Stevens: "The Plot Against the Giant"
3 min