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
Erin Marie Lynch: "Poshmark"
3 min
77
Rob Arnold: "Fourth of July"
3 min
78
Elise Paschen: "Aperture"
3 min
79
Alan Seeger: "Liebestod"
4 min
80
Mary Cornelia Hartshorne: "The Poet"
3 min
81
Alice Fulton: "Tough Zinnias"
4 min
82
Landis Grenville: "Homecoming"
3 min
83
Anthony Borruso: "Some Melodious Plot"
4 min
84
James Thomas Stevens: "To Hell Gate"
3 min
85
Anne Marie Rooney: "Abstraction"
2 min
86
Anonymous: "Lament of a Man for His Son"
3 min
87
William Rose Benét: "Unforgotten"
2 min
88
Guest Editor Interview: November 2025 Guest Edi...
20 min
89
Avia Tadmor: "Nothing Personal"
4 min
90
Ameen Animashaun: "The Dance of the Lambs and t...
3 min
91
Brian Teare: "smallholding"
7 min
92
Weijia Pan: "Immigrant Song at a Food Truck"
2 min
93
Jennifer Elise Foerster: "American History"
4 min
94
James Ephraim McGirt: "A Mystery"
3 min
95
James Joyce: "III"
3 min
96
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "SoMa"
2 min
97
Dujie Tahat: "All-American Ghazal"
3 min
98
Matthew Gellman: "Conflation"
3 min
99
Susan Mitchell: "Wolf Moon"
4 min
100
Sam Sax: "Ode to Those Who Block Tunnels and Br...
4 min