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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T. J. Anderson III: "Pollinator"
5 min
77
Roger Mitchell: "Going Back"
3 min
78
Elmaz Abinader: "True Metal"
3 min
79
David Wojahn: "Inauguration Day, 2025"
3 min
80
Talvikki Ansel: "The Lichens"
4 min
81
Lewis Carroll: "Christmas Greetings from a Fair...
3 min
82
Donald Justice: "The Artist Orpheus"
3 min
83
Michael Dickman: "A Good Doctor"
3 min
84
Dalia Taha, translated by Sara Elkamel: "Enter...
7 min
85
Aliki Barnstone: "The Sign as You Exit the Arti...
5 min
86
Yahya Frederickson: "News"
4 min
87
Chris Abani: "Ash Wednesday"
3 min
88
Charles Reznikoff: "XX" [A white curtain turnin...
2 min
89
Walter de la Mare: "A Song of Enchantment"
3 min
90
H. R. Webster: "Oranges"
5 min
91
Lawrence Joseph: "The Imagination Completes Its...
3 min
92
Megan Levad Beisner: "The woman who cut and pai...
3 min
93
Robert Laidler: "Jr"
3 min
94
Jennifer Huang: "Gender Euphoria and the Superb...
3 min
95
John Berryman: "Footing Our Cabin’s Lawn, Befor...
2 min
96
Wallace Stevens: "The Plot Against the Giant"
3 min
97
Richard Jackson: "A Loud Death"
5 min
98
Sophia Terazawa: From "September Roams a Vertic...
3 min
99
Maura Stanton: "A Night in Chicago"
3 min
100
Arthur Sze: "Qinghai Lake"
3 min