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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Mina Loy: “Gertrude Stein”
2 min
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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: “St. Telemachus”
7 min
153
Eva Candelaria Sosa: “Afterwards”
2 min
154
Lan Lesmeister: “Lube, Ars Poetica”
3 min
155
Janani Balasubramanian: “Quiet”
3 min
156
Andrea Lawlor: “Position Paper #53: National Ar...
2 min
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Billy-Ray Belcourt: “Bildungssonnet”
2 min
158
Erasmus Darwin: From “The Temple of Nature,” Ca...
6 min
159
Tao Yuanming, translated by Arthur Waley: “[A l...
2 min
160
Danez Smith: “Do You Know What Today Is?”
3 min
161
William Ward Butler: “Fidelity”
3 min
162
Alexis N. Garcia: “Alexa for Seniors in Easy St...
3 min
163
Muriel Leung: “At the end of the world, you tel...
3 min
164
Kyle Carrero Lopez: “Statement of Purpose”
3 min
165
Allen Tate: “Mr. Pope”
3 min
166
Guest Editor Interview: June 2026 Guest Editor ...
13 min
167
Kashiana Singh: “Bone by Bone: A Hypochondriac ...
3 min
168
Sarah Ghazal Ali: “Künstlerroman”
3 min
169
Safia Elhillo: “Abecedarian Beginning with Alif”
4 min
170
Megan Fernandes: “Every Person Is an Address, E...
4 min
171
Sara Deniz Akant: "War Poem"
4 min
172
Kiran Bath: "Nayika at the crawfish boil"
4 min
173
John Masefield: "On Growing Old"
4 min
174
Ravi Shankar: "Final Stop"
4 min
175
Jeanann Verlee: "Peril, Ignored"
3 min