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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Gregory Orr: "[And isn't everything risk?]"
3 min
102
Bliss Carman: "Low Tide on Grand Pré"
4 min
103
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven: "A Dozen Cocktail...
4 min
104
George Bilgere: "After Escher"
3 min
105
Michael Kleber-Diggs: "Lupines in a Yard in San...
3 min
106
Leila Chatti: "The World Is Too Much With Us"
3 min
107
Reginald Dwayne Betts: "Petrichor"
3 min
108
Pádraig Ó Tuama: "Our Lady of the Garden"
3 min
109
Martial, translated by Henry Howard: "The Means...
3 min
110
Genevieve Taggard: "Going Somewhere"
3 min
111
Angela Narciso Torres: "Late Bird"
2 min
112
AE Hines: "Peace Treaty"
3 min
113
Daniel B. Summerhill: "Boplicity or Jimmy Throw...
4 min
114
Jenny George: "Touching and Being Touched"
2 min
115
Maggie Smith: "This human life"
3 min
116
Leonora Speyer: "She says, being forbidden:"
2 min
117
Guest Editor Interview: March 2026 Guest Editor...
17 min
118
Horace Gregory: "Interior: The Suburbs"
3 min
119
Salem al-Okaly, translated by Khaled Mattawa: "...
5 min
120
Sanam Sheriff: "The Emperor Pats His Lips with ...
3 min
121
Mary-Alice Daniel: "Ancestor Syndrome"
4 min
122
Kwame Dawes: "Window Art"
3 min
123
Ladan Osman: "[ ]"
3 min
124
Pindar, translated by Ernest Myers: "For Asopic...
4 min
125
Robert Bridges: "[The evening darkens over]"
3 min