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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Esther Lin: "Origin Story"
3 min
177
Sherwood Anderson: "A Poet"
2 min
178
Louise Glück: "Vita Nova"
4 min
179
Todd Turnidge: "Moonlight Romantica"
3 min
180
January Gill O'Neil: "Honeycrisp"
3 min
181
Vincent Rendoni: "1985"
3 min
182
Tiana Clark: "Poem Beginning in Berlin, Ending ...
5 min
183
Gregory Orr: "[And isn't everything risk?]"
3 min
184
Bliss Carman: "Low Tide on Grand Pré"
4 min
185
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven: "A Dozen Cocktail...
4 min
186
George Bilgere: "After Escher"
3 min
187
Michael Kleber-Diggs: "Lupines in a Yard in San...
3 min
188
Leila Chatti: "The World Is Too Much With Us"
3 min
189
Reginald Dwayne Betts: "Petrichor"
3 min
190
Pádraig Ó Tuama: "Our Lady of the Garden"
3 min
191
Martial, translated by Henry Howard: "The Means...
3 min
192
Genevieve Taggard: "Going Somewhere"
3 min
193
Angela Narciso Torres: "Late Bird"
2 min
194
AE Hines: "Peace Treaty"
3 min
195
Daniel B. Summerhill: "Boplicity or Jimmy Throw...
4 min
196
Jenny George: "Touching and Being Touched"
2 min
197
Maggie Smith: "This human life"
3 min
198
Leonora Speyer: "She says, being forbidden:"
2 min
199
Guest Editor Interview: March 2026 Guest Editor...
17 min
200
Horace Gregory: "Interior: The Suburbs"
3 min