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.
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Kimberly Blaeser: "Postures of Devotion"
7 min
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Annie Wenstrup: "Lodestone"
4 min
78
Lance Larsen: "To My Daughter's Dead Name"
3 min
79
Trish Hopkinson: "Clutch"
3 min
80
Washington Matthews: "Song 'A'"
3 min
81
Witter Bynner: "Madagascar [Opus 104]"
2 min
82
Chris Watkins: "The Sonnet in Drag"
3 min
83
Carol Moldaw: "What We Wanted"
4 min
84
Erin Marie Lynch: "Poshmark"
3 min
85
Rob Arnold: "Fourth of July"
3 min
86
Elise Paschen: "Aperture"
3 min
87
Alan Seeger: "Liebestod"
4 min
88
Mary Cornelia Hartshorne: "The Poet"
3 min
89
Alice Fulton: "Tough Zinnias"
4 min
90
Landis Grenville: "Homecoming"
3 min
91
Anthony Borruso: "Some Melodious Plot"
4 min
92
James Thomas Stevens: "To Hell Gate"
3 min
93
Anne Marie Rooney: "Abstraction"
2 min
94
Anonymous: "Lament of a Man for His Son"
3 min
95
William Rose Benét: "Unforgotten"
2 min
96
Avia Tadmor: "Nothing Personal"
4 min
97
Guest Editor Interview: November 2025 Guest Edi...
20 min
98
Ameen Animashaun: "The Dance of the Lambs and t...
3 min
99
Brian Teare: "smallholding"
7 min
100
Weijia Pan: "Immigrant Song at a Food Truck"
2 min