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
Shira Erlichman: “I Was Born Again the First Ti...
5 min
2
Kamelya Omayma Youssef: “My earth which is mine...
3 min
3
Moncho Alvarado: “An Erasure of Senate Bill 111”
3 min
4
Jimin Seo: “In Memoriam [±That after all this...
4 min
5
Mina Loy: “Gertrude Stein”
2 min
6
Alfred, Lord Tennyson: “St. Telemachus”
7 min
7
Eva Candelaria Sosa: “Afterwards”
2 min
8
Lan Lesmeister: “Lube, Ars Poetica”
3 min
9
Janani Balasubramanian: “Quiet”
3 min
10
Andrea Lawlor: “Position Paper #53: National Ar...
2 min
11
Billy-Ray Belcourt: “Bildungssonnet”
2 min
12
Erasmus Darwin: From “The Temple of Nature,” Ca...
6 min
13
Tao Yuanming, translated by Arthur Waley: “[A l...
2 min
14
Danez Smith: “Do You Know What Today Is?”
3 min
15
William Ward Butler: “Fidelity”
3 min
16
Alexis N. Garcia: “Alexa for Seniors in Easy St...
3 min
17
Muriel Leung: “At the end of the world, you tel...
3 min
18
Kyle Carrero Lopez: “Statement of Purpose”
3 min
19
Guest Editor Interview: June 2026 Guest Editor ...
13 min
20
Allen Tate: “Mr. Pope”
3 min
21
Kashiana Singh: “Bone by Bone: A Hypochondriac ...
3 min
22
Sarah Ghazal Ali: “Künstlerroman”
3 min
23
Safia Elhillo: “Abecedarian Beginning with Alif”
4 min
24
Megan Fernandes: “Every Person Is an Address, E...
4 min
25
Sara Deniz Akant: "War Poem"
4 min