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
Elizabeth Bradfield: "The Teeth on My Wrist"
6 min
2
Katrina Vandenberg: "Tomatoes"
3 min
3
Frank Horne: "Youth"
2 min
4
Marie Ponsot: "Rain All Night, Paris"
2 min
5
A. L. Nielsen: "Consensus"
6 min
6
Rebecca Gayle Howell: "How Will I Know You" [Fo...
3 min
7
Todd Davis: "How She Heard It"
3 min
8
Lindsay Bernal: "The Laundresses"
4 min
9
Tim Earley: "Vacation Bible School"
4 min
10
Samuel Beckett: "Whoroscope"
7 min
11
E. E. Cummings: From "Puella Mea" [Through the ...
2 min
12
Adam Giannelli: "Alliterative Autobiography"
5 min
13
Jenny Johnson: "Queer Trivia Night"
6 min
14
Jacob Shores-Argüello: "The Names of Grasses"
3 min
15
Sara Nicholson: "What Ails Me"
3 min
16
Gary Jackson: "Chickens"
3 min
17
W. H. Auden: "II" [Doom is dark and deeper than...
3 min
18
André Fontainas, translated by Jethro Bithell: ...
3 min
19
J. Bailey Hutchinson: "Megaloceros"
3 min
20
Austin Araujo: "Burning Candle"
3 min
21
Carlina Duan: "I Face East (Ars Poetica)"
3 min
22
Guest Editor Interview: January 2026 Guest Edit...
14 min
23
Sara Abou Rashed: "Gaza I"
3 min
24
Deema K. Shehabi: "Solstice Pantoum"
3 min
25
Oscar Wilde: "Le Jardin des Tuileries"
2 min