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.

Books
2026
Laura Kasischke: "Prayer"
1 min
2027
Lidija Dimkovska: "Journey"
5 min
2028
Marilyn Chin: "Sage #3"
1 min
2029
Martha Collins: "Again Later"
0 min
2030
Paisley Rekdal: "有 識: Have Knowledge"
1 min
2031
W. B. Yeats: "VI—The Stare’s Nest By My Window"
1 min
2032
Dante Di Stefano: "My Eighteen-Month-Old Daught...
2 min
2033
Rae Armantrout: "On Growth"
0 min
2034
Rosa Alcalá: "You Rode a Loop"
2 min
2035
Srikanth Reddy: Winter Term XV, from Underworld...
1 min
2036
Maureen N. McLane: From A Book of Hours
1 min
2037
Kiki Petrosino: "Louisa County Patrol Claims, 1...
1 min
2038
Libbie C. Baer: "When My Soul Findeth Wings"
1 min
2039
Claire Wahmanholm: "O"
1 min
2040
Zoë Hitzig: "I Looked on My Right Hand and Behe...
2 min
2041
Cedar Sigo: "Struggle Itself"
1 min
2042
Luci Tapahonso: "This Morning"
4 min
2043
Kristina Martino: "All I Can Have are Field Rec...
2 min
2044
Carolina Ebeid: "(disambiguation of miriam)"
1 min
2045
Alexander Posey: "My Hermitage"
2 min
2046
J.P. Grasser: "Letter to My Great, Great Grandc...
2 min
2047
Sy Hoahwah: "Church For the Disliked"
1 min
2048
Tacey M. Atsitty: "River Sonnet"
1 min
2049
Santee Frazier: "Hyperacusis"
1 min
2050
Rita Dove: "Testimony: 1968"
1 min