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
Sharon Olds: “Boxer Aria”
3 min
2
Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy: “The Wolves”
4 min
3
Wayne Miller: “Theological”
2 min
4
Armen Davoudian: “Hot Springs”
2 min
5
Paul Tran: “Eros”
4 min
6
Aaron Smith: “I’m Dating a Man Who’s Married”
2 min
7
D. A. Powell: “Rewilding”
2 min
8
Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Fate”
4 min
9
Alfred Kreymborg: “Those Everlasting Blues”
4 min
10
Sandra Lim: “Cattiveria”
2 min
11
Noah Warren: “Shuttle”
3 min
12
Christian Gullette: “The Fates”
2 min
13
Natalie Shapero: “Hansel or Gretel”
3 min
14
Michael Dumanis: “Sehnsucht”
4 min
15
Stanley Kunitz: “Passing Through”
3 min
16
Li Bai: “The River-Merchant’s Wife: A Letter,” ...
4 min
17
Miguel Murphy: “August”
2 min
18
Jesse Nathan: “Panhandle”
3 min
19
Leonel Sánchez Lopez: “What the Birds Do”
2 min
20
Saeed Jones: “Self-Portrait as Hereboy, Sethe’s...
2 min
21
Andrea Cohen: “Pastime ”
2 min
22
Gertrude Stein: “Tender Buttons [Breakfast]”
8 min
23
Vachel Lindsay: “Meeting Ourselves”
3 min
24
Taylor Byas: “I begin the day thinking”
2 min
25
Guest Editor Interview: August 2025 Guest Edito...
21 min