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
Donald Justice: "The Artist Orpheus"
3 min
2
Michael Dickman: "A Good Doctor"
3 min
3
Dalia Taha, translated by Sara Elkamel: "Enter...
7 min
4
Aliki Barnstone: "The Sign as You Exit the Arti...
5 min
5
Yahya Frederickson: "News"
4 min
6
Chris Abani: "Ash Wednesday"
3 min
7
Charles Reznikoff: "XX" [A white curtain turnin...
2 min
8
Walter de la Mare: "A Song of Enchantment"
3 min
9
H. R. Webster: "Oranges"
5 min
10
Lawrence Joseph: "The Imagination Completes Its...
3 min
11
Megan Levad Beisner: "The woman who cut and pai...
3 min
12
Robert Laidler: "Jr"
3 min
13
Jennifer Huang: "Gender Euphoria and the Superb...
3 min
14
John Berryman: "Footing Our Cabin’s Lawn, Befor...
2 min
15
Wallace Stevens: "The Plot Against the Giant"
3 min
16
Richard Jackson: "A Loud Death"
5 min
17
Sophia Terazawa: From "September Roams a Vertic...
3 min
18
Maura Stanton: "A Night in Chicago"
3 min
19
Arthur Sze: "Qinghai Lake"
3 min
20
Brian Gyamfi: "The Thing Dead on the Road"
2 min
21
Anonymous, translated by Frances Densmore: "My ...
2 min
22
Guest Editor Interview: December 2025 Guest Edi...
18 min
23
Marianne Moore: "Dock Rats"
4 min
24
Nicholas Friedman: "Night Before"
2 min
25
Casandra López: "Language Studies: ‘Wiishmenok ...
3 min