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.
1
Elisa Gabbert: “The Bridge”
2 min
2
Rainer Maria Rilke: “Put Out My Eyes”
2 min
3
Charles Baudelaire: “Obsession”
3 min
4
CM Burroughs: “One Way To Resurrect An Ancestor”
2 min
5
Christian Campbell: “My Grandmother’s Love Lett...
3 min
6
Kyla Marshell: “Somewhere Swimming”
2 min
7
Tommye Blount: “Karl Lagerfeld’s line of beauty”
4 min
8
Jzl Jmz: “Drenched in Reflection”
2 min
9
Adrienne Rich: “This Evening Let’s”
4 min
10
Pierre Dupont: “A Serenade”
2 min
11
Abe Louise Young: “Who”
2 min
12
Douglas Kearney: “There’s no ‘sass’ in “dissoci...
2 min
13
Chet’la Sebree: “An End”
3 min
14
Lillian-Yvonne Bertram: “Black Pastoral”
3 min
15
Antoinette Brim-Bell: “Insomniac Tankas”
2 min
16
Djuna Barnes: “I’d Have You Think of Me”
3 min
17
Victor Hugo: “Truth”
7 min
18
Keith S. Wilson: “there aren’t enough idioms ab...
2 min
19
Andrea Rexilius: “The Way the Language Was”
2 min
20
Bettina Judd: “A Poem about Home”
3 min
21
DaMaris B. Hill: “Come. Pray. Know”
3 min
22
Anahita Monfared: “The Manic Depressive’s Alpha...
6 min
23
Guest Editor Interview: July 2025 Guest Editor ...
16 min
24
Sappho: “[It was summer when I found you]”
2 min
25
Lord Alfred Douglas: “Wine of Summer”
6 min