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
76
Anthony Borruso: "Some Melodious Plot"
4 min
77
James Thomas Stevens: "To Hell Gate"
3 min
78
Anne Marie Rooney: "Abstraction"
2 min
79
Anonymous: "Lament of a Man for His Son"
3 min
80
William Rose Benét: "Unforgotten"
2 min
81
Guest Editor Interview: November 2025 Guest Edi...
20 min
82
Avia Tadmor: "Nothing Personal"
4 min
83
Ameen Animashaun: "The Dance of the Lambs and t...
3 min
84
Brian Teare: "smallholding"
7 min
85
Weijia Pan: "Immigrant Song at a Food Truck"
2 min
86
Jennifer Elise Foerster: "American History"
4 min
87
James Ephraim McGirt: "A Mystery"
3 min
88
James Joyce: "III"
3 min
89
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "SoMa"
2 min
90
Dujie Tahat: "All-American Ghazal"
3 min
91
Matthew Gellman: "Conflation"
3 min
92
Susan Mitchell: "Wolf Moon"
4 min
93
Sam Sax: "Ode to Those Who Block Tunnels and Br...
4 min
94
Elias Lönnrot, translated by John Martin Crawfo...
4 min
95
Robinson Jeffers: From "The Loving Shepherdess"...
3 min
96
Sasha Wade: "Del Parto"
4 min
97
Lena Khalaf Tuffaha: "Correspondence with Apolo...
3 min
98
Monica Ferrell: "Subclinical"
3 min
99
Kevin Prufer: "Graves"
4 min
100
Tsering Wangmo Dhompa: "Camay International"
3 min