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.
76
Andrea Cote and Craig Epplin: “Somber Bull”
4 min
77
Tomica Bajsić and Nina Bajsić: “When You Hit Yo...
3 min
78
Anthony Joseph: “Empires”
2 min
79
Katerina Iliopoulou and Jackson Watson: “Cape T...
4 min
80
Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa: “The Wicked Lady”
2 min
81
Guest Editor Interview: September 2025 Guest Ed...
13 min
82
Lola Ridge: From “IV. The Stone” [The morning c...
4 min
83
Léonie Adams: “Early Waking”
3 min
84
Geoffrey Brock: “Goodbye”
2 min
85
Atsuro Riley: “We Be Ludere”
1 min
86
Ari Banias: “Task”
3 min
87
Brian Tierney: “Catering”
4 min
88
Cate Marvin: “The Truth”
2 min
89
Sharon Olds: “Boxer Aria”
3 min
90
Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy: “The Wolves”
4 min
91
Wayne Miller: “Theological”
2 min
92
Armen Davoudian: “Hot Springs”
2 min
93
Paul Tran: “Eros”
4 min
94
Aaron Smith: “I’m Dating a Man Who’s Married”
2 min
95
D. A. Powell: “Rewilding”
2 min
96
Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Fate”
4 min
97
Alfred Kreymborg: “Those Everlasting Blues”
4 min
98
Sandra Lim: “Cattiveria”
2 min
99
Noah Warren: “Shuttle”
3 min
100
Christian Gullette: “The Fates”
2 min