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.
2026
Major Jackson: "Let Me Begin Again"
4 min
2027
Lewis Grandison Alexander: "Japanese Hokku"
5 min
2028
Ariel Francisco: "Insomniami"
5 min
2029
Kaveh Akbar: "My Father’s Accent"
4 min
2030
Jeffrey Harrison: "The Little Book of Cheerful ...
2 min
2031
Dobby Gibson: "After Reading Kobayashi Issa’s T...
2 min
2032
Camille T. Dungy: "In her mostly white town, an...
3 min
2033
Didi Jackson: "Bobolink"
4 min
2034
William Stanley Braithwaite: "Near the End of A...
1 min
2035
Joseph Millar: "Venetian Siesta"
3 min
2036
Dorianne Laux: "I Never Wanted to Die"
2 min
2037
David St. John: "Overlooking the Cortile"
3 min
2038
Brian Sneeden: "Memory is Blood Soluble"
3 min
2039
Forrest Gander: "Pastoral"
3 min
2040
Carol Muske-Dukes: "Grief Dream"
2 min
2041
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Life and Death"
2 min
2042
André Naffis-Sahely: "The Other Side of Nowhere"
4 min
2043
Danusha Laméris: "Nothing Wants to Suffer"
4 min
2044
Iris Jamahl Dunkle: "House Empty Speaks a Loud ...
4 min
2045
Arthur Sze: "Rock Paper Scissors"
3 min
2046
Valencia Robin: "After Graduate School"
3 min
2047
Alicia Ostriker: "When Love"
2 min
2048
Rainer Maria Rilke: "Love Song"
2 min
2049
Irvin W. Underhill: "Winter to Spring"
2 min
2050
Dunya Mikhail: "One More Love Poem"
2 min