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
Chris Abani: "Ash Wednesday"
3 min
2
Charles Reznikoff: "XX" [A white curtain turnin...
2 min
3
Walter de la Mare: "A Song of Enchantment"
3 min
4
H. R. Webster: "Oranges"
5 min
5
Lawrence Joseph: "The Imagination Completes Its...
3 min
6
Megan Levad Beisner: "The woman who cut and pai...
3 min
7
Robert Laidler: "Jr"
3 min
8
Jennifer Huang: "Gender Euphoria and the Superb...
3 min
9
John Berryman: "Footing Our Cabin’s Lawn, Befor...
2 min
10
Wallace Stevens: "The Plot Against the Giant"
3 min
11
Richard Jackson: "A Loud Death"
5 min
12
Sophia Terazawa: From "September Roams a Vertic...
3 min
13
Maura Stanton: "A Night in Chicago"
3 min
14
Arthur Sze: "Qinghai Lake"
3 min
15
Brian Gyamfi: "The Thing Dead on the Road"
2 min
16
Guest Editor Interview: December 2025 Guest Edi...
18 min
17
Anonymous, translated by Frances Densmore: "My ...
2 min
18
Marianne Moore: "Dock Rats"
4 min
19
Nicholas Friedman: "Night Before"
2 min
20
Casandra López: "Language Studies: ‘Wiishmenok ...
3 min
21
Abigail Chabitnoy: "Everything Exactly as It Se...
3 min
22
Elizabeth Lindsey Rogers: "Jessica McClure, Aft...
4 min
23
Benjamin Garcia: "Egg Tooth"
3 min
24
Samuel Alfred Beadle: "Alice"
3 min
25
Anne Brontë: "Night"
3 min