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
Tina Chang: “Bearing Down”
3 min
2
E. B. White: “Dog Around the Block”
3 min
3
Sara Teasdale: “Song at Capri”
2 min
4
Ada Limón: “Dusk After Your Passing”
4 min
5
Randall Mann: “Five Murders”
3 min
6
Monica Sok: “The Monk”
3 min
7
Marcus Wicker: “How to Continue Loving the Worl...
3 min
8
Jameson Fitzpatrick: “Refrain”
3 min
9
John Keats: “The Human Seasons”
3 min
10
Arthur Conan Doyle: “A Tragedy”
3 min
11
Tracy K. Smith: “Não, João”
5 min
12
Adrian Matejka: “Record Player”
2 min
13
Elizabeth Metzger: “Wake Turbulence”
3 min
14
Chen Chen: “An Evening Discussion”
3 min
15
Meghan O’Rourke: “Erasers”
3 min
16
W. B. Yeats: “No Second Troy”
2 min
17
Archibald MacLeish: “Sonnet”
3 min
18
Leslie Sainz: "[There are forces that twist the...
3 min
19
Guest Editor Interview: August 2026 Guest Edito...
24 min
20
Charif Shanahan: “Song”
1 min
21
Marwa Helal: "[the river]"
3 min
22
Kimberly Reyes: "The Storm Surge, 1981–1992"
3 min
23
Emily Jungmin Yoon: "After My First Breakup, My...
4 min
24
Divya Victor: "40 Feet from Nowhere"
3 min
25
Alfred Kreymborg: “Dirge”
3 min