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
101
D. H. Lawrence: “The Mosquito Knows”
2 min
102
Robert Penn Warren: “Prophecy”
2 min
103
S. Brook Corfman: “Lake Michigan II”
3 min
104
Janel Pineda: “How to Take a Life”
3 min
105
Wingston González, translated by Urayoán Noel: ...
5 min
106
Guest Editor Interview: July 2026 Guest Editor ...
14 min
107
Fatimah Asghar: “[i love them still]”
3 min
108
Angel Nafis: “I Never Dreamed You’d Leave in Su...
3 min
109
Robert Graves: “1915”
3 min
110
Ezra Pound: “Meditatio”
2 min
111
D’mani Thomas: “for goldfish that remember seaw...
3 min
112
Jos Charles: “A Song” [I was want]
3 min
113
Rachel McKibbens: “Deluxe Mourning Package”
4 min
114
Isa Borgeson: “[last summer I folded my dresses...
3 min
115
Travis Tate: “Summer City”
2 min
116
Edward Powys Mathers: “Six Love Songs”
5 min
117
Mona Van Duyn: “The Talker”
2 min
118
Ariana Brown: “The Shoes My Mother Hated, in Fa...
4 min
119
Shira Erlichman: “I Was Born Again the First Ti...
5 min
120
Kamelya Omayma Youssef: “My earth which is mine...
3 min
121
Moncho Alvarado: “An Erasure of Senate Bill 111”
3 min
122
​​Jimin Seo: “In Memoriam [±That after all this...
4 min
123
Mina Loy: “Gertrude Stein”
2 min
124
Alfred, Lord Tennyson: “St. Telemachus”
7 min
125
Eva Candelaria Sosa: “Afterwards”
2 min