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
151
Samuel Alfred Beadle: "Alice"
3 min
152
Anne Brontë: "Night"
3 min
153
Lisa Bickmore: "flit [sparrow]"
3 min
154
Kimberly Blaeser: "Postures of Devotion"
7 min
155
Annie Wenstrup: "Lodestone"
4 min
156
Lance Larsen: "To My Daughter's Dead Name"
3 min
157
Trish Hopkinson: "Clutch"
3 min
158
Washington Matthews: "Song 'A'"
3 min
159
Witter Bynner: "Madagascar [Opus 104]"
2 min
160
Chris Watkins: "The Sonnet in Drag"
3 min
161
Carol Moldaw: "What We Wanted"
4 min
162
Erin Marie Lynch: "Poshmark"
3 min
163
Rob Arnold: "Fourth of July"
3 min
164
Elise Paschen: "Aperture"
3 min
165
Alan Seeger: "Liebestod"
4 min
166
Mary Cornelia Hartshorne: "The Poet"
3 min
167
Alice Fulton: "Tough Zinnias"
4 min
168
Landis Grenville: "Homecoming"
3 min
169
Anthony Borruso: "Some Melodious Plot"
4 min
170
James Thomas Stevens: "To Hell Gate"
3 min
171
Anne Marie Rooney: "Abstraction"
2 min
172
Anonymous: "Lament of a Man for His Son"
3 min
173
William Rose Benét: "Unforgotten"
2 min
174
Guest Editor Interview: November 2025 Guest Edi...
20 min
175
Avia Tadmor: "Nothing Personal"
4 min