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 Thea Matthews. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.
1
Lillian-Yvonne Bertram: “Black Pastoral”
3 min
2
Antoinette Brim-Bell: “Insomniac Tankas”
2 min
3
Djuna Barnes: “I’d Have You Think of Me”
3 min
4
Victor Hugo: “Truth”
7 min
5
Keith S. Wilson: “there aren’t enough idioms ab...
2 min
6
Andrea Rexilius: “The Way the Language Was”
2 min
7
Bettina Judd: “A Poem about Home”
3 min
8
DaMaris B. Hill: “Come. Pray. Know”
3 min
9
Guest Editor Interview: July 2025 Guest Editor ...
16 min
10
Anahita Monfared: “The Manic Depressive’s Alpha...
6 min
11
Sappho: “[It was summer when I found you]”
2 min
12
Lord Alfred Douglas: “Wine of Summer”
6 min
13
Anja Mei-Ping Kuipers: “After a Rochester Wedding”
3 min
14
francine j. harris: “There are inanimate things...
3 min
15
DéLana R. A. Dameron: “When Mama died, I lost m...
3 min
16
C. Russell Price: “I Decide to Tell Ghost Cowbo...
2 min
17
Yalie Saweda Kamara: “Trim”
2 min
18
Louise Bogan: “The Alchemist”
2 min
19
Mikhail Kuzmin: “Night Was Done”
3 min
20
Hílda Davis: “Pilate ponders where she belongs”
2 min
21
Jari Bradley: “You Can Light a Fire Without a M...
4 min
22
Airea D. Matthews: “Altitude”
2 min
23
Logan February: “I Woke You with Wagner,”
3 min
24
Kaveh Akbar: “Love Poem with Tumor and Petrifie...
3 min
25
Jericho Brown: “Reunion Tour”
2 min