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 Thea Matthews. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.
2026
James Oppenheim: "Self"
2 min
2027
Lucretia Maria Davidson: "Twilight"
1 min
2028
Craig Santos Perez: "ars pasifika"
0 min
2029
Garous Abdolmalekian: "The Ruins of Bam"
1 min
2030
Franny Choi: "Hangul Abecedarian"
0 min
2031
Gregory Pardlo: From "Giornata: On Faith"
0 min
2032
John Yau: "A Painter’s Thoughts"
2 min
2033
Bertrand N. O. Walker: "An Indian Love Song"
1 min
2034
Paul Laurence Dunbar: "Yesterday and To-morrow"
1 min
2035
Laura Kasischke: "Prayer"
1 min
2036
Lidija Dimkovska: "Journey"
5 min
2037
Marilyn Chin: "Sage #3"
1 min
2038
Martha Collins: "Again Later"
0 min
2039
Paisley Rekdal: "有 識: Have Knowledge"
1 min
2040
W. B. Yeats: "VI—The Stare’s Nest By My Window"
1 min
2041
Dante Di Stefano: "My Eighteen-Month-Old Daught...
2 min
2042
Rae Armantrout: "On Growth"
0 min
2043
Rosa Alcalá: "You Rode a Loop"
2 min
2044
Srikanth Reddy: Winter Term XV, from Underworld...
1 min
2045
Maureen N. McLane: From A Book of Hours
1 min
2046
Kiki Petrosino: "Louisa County Patrol Claims, 1...
1 min
2047
Libbie C. Baer: "When My Soul Findeth Wings"
1 min
2048
Claire Wahmanholm: "O"
1 min
2049
Zoë Hitzig: "I Looked on My Right Hand and Behe...
2 min
2050
Cedar Sigo: "Struggle Itself"
1 min