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