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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Gary Young: "[Each morning before dawn,]"
2 min
102
Raffi Joe Wartanian: "Tongue"
3 min
103
Jesse Arlen: "𓆠[Tree]"
3 min
104
Suzanne Cleary: "Mercury"
3 min
105
Didi Jackson: "Spot"
3 min
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William Archila: "Ginebra"
4 min
107
Susan Deer Cloud: "Waking in Deep Night to the ...
5 min
108
Kathy Evans: "Bio"
2 min
109
Hrayr Varaz: "Ladletime: Night Time"
6 min
110
Lola Koundakjian: "The Little Boy"
2 min
111
Michelle Bitting: "Richard’s Not Such a Die-Har...
4 min
112
J. Scott Brownlee: "These Hills"
5 min
113
Danusha Laméris: "Peonies"
3 min
114
Guest Editor Interview: April 2026 Guest Editor...
17 min
115
Kira Tucker: "Precious"
3 min
116
Jane Hirshfield: "I speak with the future."
4 min
117
Padraic Colum: "The Pigeons"
2 min
118
William Wordsworth: "Persuasion"
3 min
119
Nikita Deshpande: "Post Partum"
3 min
120
Derrick Austin: "Audience"
3 min
121
ire’ne lara silva: "i didn’t eat the sun"
3 min
122
Dorianne Laux: "Where Is My Friend?"
2 min
123
Esther Lin: "Origin Story"
3 min
124
Sherwood Anderson: "A Poet"
2 min
125
Louise GlĂĽck: "Vita Nova"
4 min