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
Todd Turnidge: "Moonlight Romantica"
3 min
2
January Gill O'Neil: "Honeycrisp"
3 min
3
Vincent Rendoni: "1985"
3 min
4
Tiana Clark: "Poem Beginning in Berlin, Ending ...
5 min
5
Gregory Orr: "[And isn't everything risk?]"
3 min
6
Bliss Carman: "Low Tide on Grand Pré"
4 min
7
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven: "A Dozen Cocktail...
4 min
8
George Bilgere: "After Escher"
3 min
9
Michael Kleber-Diggs: "Lupines in a Yard in San...
3 min
10
Leila Chatti: "The World Is Too Much With Us"
3 min
11
Reginald Dwayne Betts: "Petrichor"
3 min
12
Pádraig Ó Tuama: "Our Lady of the Garden"
3 min
13
Martial, translated by Henry Howard: "The Means...
3 min
14
Genevieve Taggard: "Going Somewhere"
3 min
15
Angela Narciso Torres: "Late Bird"
2 min
16
AE Hines: "Peace Treaty"
3 min
17
Daniel B. Summerhill: "Boplicity or Jimmy Throw...
4 min
18
Jenny George: "Touching and Being Touched"
2 min
19
Maggie Smith: "This human life"
3 min
20
Leonora Speyer: "She says, being forbidden:"
2 min
21
Guest Editor Interview: March 2026 Guest Editor...
17 min
22
Horace Gregory: "Interior: The Suburbs"
3 min
23
Salem al-Okaly, translated by Khaled Mattawa: "...
5 min
24
Sanam Sheriff: "The Emperor Pats His Lips with ...
3 min
25
Mary-Alice Daniel: "Ancestor Syndrome"
4 min