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
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Oscar Wilde: "Le Jardin des Tuileries"
2 min
102
Mary Shelley: "Stanzas" [How like a star you ro...
3 min
103
T. J. Anderson III: "Pollinator"
5 min
104
Roger Mitchell: "Going Back"
3 min
105
Elmaz Abinader: "True Metal"
3 min
106
David Wojahn: "Inauguration Day, 2025"
3 min
107
Talvikki Ansel: "The Lichens"
4 min
108
Lewis Carroll: "Christmas Greetings from a Fair...
3 min
109
Donald Justice: "The Artist Orpheus"
3 min
110
Michael Dickman: "A Good Doctor"
3 min
111
Dalia Taha, translated by Sara Elkamel: "Enter...
7 min
112
Aliki Barnstone: "The Sign as You Exit the Arti...
5 min
113
Yahya Frederickson: "News"
4 min
114
Chris Abani: "Ash Wednesday"
3 min
115
Charles Reznikoff: "XX" [A white curtain turnin...
2 min
116
Walter de la Mare: "A Song of Enchantment"
3 min
117
H. R. Webster: "Oranges"
5 min
118
Lawrence Joseph: "The Imagination Completes Its...
3 min
119
Megan Levad Beisner: "The woman who cut and pai...
3 min
120
Robert Laidler: "Jr"
3 min
121
Jennifer Huang: "Gender Euphoria and the Superb...
3 min
122
John Berryman: "Footing Our Cabin’s Lawn, Befor...
2 min
123
Wallace Stevens: "The Plot Against the Giant"
3 min
124
Richard Jackson: "A Loud Death"
5 min
125
Sophia Terazawa: From "September Roams a Vertic...
3 min