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
Noah Baldino: "Felt Flowers"
5 min
2027
Mónica de la Torre: "Remote Disjunctions"
3 min
2028
Miller Oberman: "Commas"
3 min
2029
McKenzie Toma: "Disintegrating Calculus Problem"
3 min
2030
Elsa Gidlow: "I, Lover"
2 min
2031
Langston Hughes: "Our Land"
2 min
2032
Margarita Cruz: "Mourning"
2 min
2033
LA Warman: "Who Hurt You"
4 min
2034
Kemi Alabi: "Voice Clear As"
2 min
2035
Kamelya Omayma Youssef: "In the ن of it all"
5 min
2036
Hao Guang Tse: "to give the thing a name that ...
1 min
2037
Sarojini Naidu: "June Sunset"
3 min
2038
Alexander Posey: "Seashells"
1 min
2039
Jon-Michael Frank: "[there must be one thing yo...
2 min
2040
Hazem Fahmy: "Interrogation of an Alternate Tim...
3 min
2041
Hanae Jonas: "Pastoral"
3 min
2042
Gabrielle Octavia Rucker: "I Don’t Say Goodbye,...
3 min
2043
Deborah Paredez: "Perseverance"
3 min
2044
Louise Bogan: "Knowledge"
1 min
2045
Eloise Bibb Thompson: "Ode to the Sun"
2 min
2046
danilo machado: "(telling)"
4 min
2047
Cyrée Jarelle Johnson: "Last Best Niche"
3 min
2048
Camille Rankine: "Ways to Disappear"
2 min
2049
Ayesha Raees: "All Along, I Laid, Halved"
4 min
2050
Guest Editor Interview: June Guest Editor Anaïs...
19 min