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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Thomas Wyatt: "[The long love that in my though...
2 min
77
Louis Untermeyer: "End of the Comedy"
2 min
78
Michael Montlack: “‘I came here to be a poet …’”
3 min
79
Alison Luterman: "What the Strength Card in the...
3 min
80
Arielle Hebert: "Our Book of Delights"
4 min
81
Celeste Doaks: "Daniel’s Response to Jet, or Wh...
3 min
82
Gary Young: "[Each morning before dawn,]"
2 min
83
Raffi Joe Wartanian: "Tongue"
3 min
84
Jesse Arlen: "𓆭 [Tree]"
3 min
85
Suzanne Cleary: "Mercury"
3 min
86
Didi Jackson: "Spot"
3 min
87
William Archila: "Ginebra"
4 min
88
Susan Deer Cloud: "Waking in Deep Night to the ...
5 min
89
Kathy Evans: "Bio"
2 min
90
Hrayr Varaz: "Ladletime: Night Time"
6 min
91
Lola Koundakjian: "The Little Boy"
2 min
92
Michelle Bitting: "Richard’s Not Such a Die-Har...
4 min
93
J. Scott Brownlee: "These Hills"
5 min
94
Danusha Laméris: "Peonies"
3 min
95
Guest Editor Interview: April 2026 Guest Editor...
17 min
96
Kira Tucker: "Precious"
3 min
97
Jane Hirshfield: "I speak with the future."
4 min
98
Padraic Colum: "The Pigeons"
2 min
99
William Wordsworth: "Persuasion"
3 min
100
Nikita Deshpande: "Post Partum"
3 min