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
176
Oscar Wilde: "Le Jardin des Tuileries"
2 min
177
Mary Shelley: "Stanzas" [How like a star you ro...
3 min
178
T. J. Anderson III: "Pollinator"
5 min
179
Roger Mitchell: "Going Back"
3 min
180
Elmaz Abinader: "True Metal"
3 min
181
David Wojahn: "Inauguration Day, 2025"
3 min
182
Talvikki Ansel: "The Lichens"
4 min
183
Lewis Carroll: "Christmas Greetings from a Fair...
3 min
184
Donald Justice: "The Artist Orpheus"
3 min
185
Michael Dickman: "A Good Doctor"
3 min
186
Dalia Taha, translated by Sara Elkamel: "Enter...
7 min
187
Aliki Barnstone: "The Sign as You Exit the Arti...
5 min
188
Yahya Frederickson: "News"
4 min
189
Chris Abani: "Ash Wednesday"
3 min
190
Charles Reznikoff: "XX" [A white curtain turnin...
2 min
191
Walter de la Mare: "A Song of Enchantment"
3 min
192
H. R. Webster: "Oranges"
5 min
193
Lawrence Joseph: "The Imagination Completes Its...
3 min
194
Megan Levad Beisner: "The woman who cut and pai...
3 min
195
Robert Laidler: "Jr"
3 min
196
Jennifer Huang: "Gender Euphoria and the Superb...
3 min
197
John Berryman: "Footing Our Cabin’s Lawn, Befor...
2 min
198
Wallace Stevens: "The Plot Against the Giant"
3 min
199
Richard Jackson: "A Loud Death"
5 min
200
Sophia Terazawa: From "September Roams a Vertic...
3 min