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
Alison Luterman: "What the Strength Card in the...
3 min
2
Arielle Hebert: "Our Book of Delights"
4 min
3
Celeste Doaks: "Daniel’s Response to Jet, or Wh...
3 min
4
Gary Young: "[Each morning before dawn,]"
2 min
5
Raffi Joe Wartanian: "Tongue"
3 min
6
Jesse Arlen: "𓆭 [Tree]"
3 min
7
Suzanne Cleary: "Mercury"
3 min
8
Didi Jackson: "Spot"
3 min
9
William Archila: "Ginebra"
4 min
10
Susan Deer Cloud: "Waking in Deep Night to the ...
5 min
11
Kathy Evans: "Bio"
2 min
12
Hrayr Varaz: "Ladletime: Night Time"
6 min
13
Lola Koundakjian: "The Little Boy"
2 min
14
Michelle Bitting: "Richard’s Not Such a Die-Har...
4 min
15
J. Scott Brownlee: "These Hills"
5 min
16
Danusha Laméris: "Peonies"
3 min
17
Kira Tucker: "Precious"
3 min
18
Guest Editor Interview: April 2026 Guest Editor...
17 min
19
Jane Hirshfield: "I speak with the future."
4 min
20
Padraic Colum: "The Pigeons"
2 min
21
William Wordsworth: "Persuasion"
3 min
22
Nikita Deshpande: "Post Partum"
3 min
23
Derrick Austin: "Audience"
3 min
24
ire’ne lara silva: "i didn’t eat the sun"
3 min
25
Dorianne Laux: "Where Is My Friend?"
2 min