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
Anne Brontë: "Night"
3 min
102
Lisa Bickmore: "flit [sparrow]"
3 min
103
Kimberly Blaeser: "Postures of Devotion"
7 min
104
Annie Wenstrup: "Lodestone"
4 min
105
Lance Larsen: "To My Daughter's Dead Name"
3 min
106
Trish Hopkinson: "Clutch"
3 min
107
Washington Matthews: "Song 'A'"
3 min
108
Witter Bynner: "Madagascar [Opus 104]"
2 min
109
Chris Watkins: "The Sonnet in Drag"
3 min
110
Carol Moldaw: "What We Wanted"
4 min
111
Erin Marie Lynch: "Poshmark"
3 min
112
Rob Arnold: "Fourth of July"
3 min
113
Elise Paschen: "Aperture"
3 min
114
Alan Seeger: "Liebestod"
4 min
115
Mary Cornelia Hartshorne: "The Poet"
3 min
116
Alice Fulton: "Tough Zinnias"
4 min
117
Landis Grenville: "Homecoming"
3 min
118
Anthony Borruso: "Some Melodious Plot"
4 min
119
James Thomas Stevens: "To Hell Gate"
3 min
120
Anne Marie Rooney: "Abstraction"
2 min
121
Anonymous: "Lament of a Man for His Son"
3 min
122
William Rose Benét: "Unforgotten"
2 min
123
Avia Tadmor: "Nothing Personal"
4 min
124
Guest Editor Interview: November 2025 Guest Edi...
20 min
125
Ameen Animashaun: "The Dance of the Lambs and t...
3 min