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.
1
Victoria Kornuck: “Guided Meditation”
3 min
2
Garrett Hongo: “God Only Knows”
3 min
3
E. Hughes: “To Let this Woman Love Me”
3 min
4
Ama Codjoe: “Their Pasts”
3 min
5
Safiya Sinclair: “Bluebeard”
4 min
6
Charles Dickens: “The Ivy Green”
4 min
7
Claude McKay: “Jasmines”
2 min
8
Brian Komei Dempster: “Glow”
3 min
9
francine j. harris: “Wish We Were Daddies”
3 min
10
Christian Campbell: From “Birthday Letters” (I)
4 min
11
Kerry Sherin Wright: “Poem haunted by the sound...
3 min
12
Hai-Dang Phan: “Kingfisher”
4 min
13
Susan Stewart: “A Single Tree”
3 min
14
Henry David Thoreau: “Smoke”
2 min
15
Vievee Francis: “I Have to Write the Book You’l...
4 min
16
Stuart Dybek: “Nine Bluegills”
3 min
17
Yiannis Doukas, translated by A. E. Stallings: ...
4 min
18
Guest Editor Interview: October 2026 Guest Edit...
16 min
19
Amergin Glúingel, translated by Paul Muldoon: “...
4 min
20
Matsuo Bashō, translated by Kimiko Hahn: “Three...
3 min
21
Thomas Hardy: “Going and Staying”
3 min
22
Edith Wharton: “Segesta”
3 min
23
Margaret Noodin, translated by the author: “Fir...
3 min
24
Christine de Pisan, translated by Jane Draycott...
4 min
25
Carmen Gallo, translated by Will Schutt: “Snork...
4 min