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 Thea Matthews. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.
101
Abe Louise Young: “Who”
2 min
102
Douglas Kearney: “There’s no ‘sass’ in “dissoci...
2 min
103
Chet’la Sebree: “An End”
3 min
104
Lillian-Yvonne Bertram: “Black Pastoral”
3 min
105
Antoinette Brim-Bell: “Insomniac Tankas”
2 min
106
Djuna Barnes: “I’d Have You Think of Me”
3 min
107
Victor Hugo: “Truth”
7 min
108
Keith S. Wilson: “there aren’t enough idioms ab...
2 min
109
Andrea Rexilius: “The Way the Language Was”
2 min
110
Bettina Judd: “A Poem about Home”
3 min
111
DaMaris B. Hill: “Come. Pray. Know”
3 min
112
Guest Editor Interview: July 2025 Guest Editor ...
16 min
113
Anahita Monfared: “The Manic Depressive’s Alpha...
6 min
114
Sappho: “[It was summer when I found you]”
2 min
115
Lord Alfred Douglas: “Wine of Summer”
6 min
116
Anja Mei-Ping Kuipers: “After a Rochester Wedding”
3 min
117
francine j. harris: “There are inanimate things...
3 min
118
DéLana R. A. Dameron: “When Mama died, I lost m...
3 min
119
C. Russell Price: “I Decide to Tell Ghost Cowbo...
2 min
120
Yalie Saweda Kamara: “Trim”
2 min
121
Louise Bogan: “The Alchemist”
2 min
122
Mikhail Kuzmin: “Night Was Done”
3 min
123
Hílda Davis: “Pilate ponders where she belongs”
2 min
124
Jari Bradley: “You Can Light a Fire Without a M...
4 min
125
Airea D. Matthews: “Altitude”
2 min