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
Fatimah Asghar: “[i love them still]”
3 min
2
Guest Editor Interview: July 2026 Guest Editor ...
14 min
3
Angel Nafis: “I Never Dreamed You’d Leave in Su...
3 min
4
Robert Graves: “1915”
3 min
5
Ezra Pound: “Meditatio”
2 min
6
D’mani Thomas: “for goldfish that remember seaw...
3 min
7
Jos Charles: “A Song” [I was want]
3 min
8
Rachel McKibbens: “Deluxe Mourning Package”
4 min
9
Isa Borgeson: “[last summer I folded my dresses...
3 min
10
Travis Tate: “Summer City”
2 min
11
Edward Powys Mathers: “Six Love Songs”
5 min
12
Mona Van Duyn: “The Talker”
2 min
13
Ariana Brown: “The Shoes My Mother Hated, in Fa...
4 min
14
Shira Erlichman: “I Was Born Again the First Ti...
5 min
15
Kamelya Omayma Youssef: “My earth which is mine...
3 min
16
Moncho Alvarado: “An Erasure of Senate Bill 111”
3 min
17
Jimin Seo: “In Memoriam [±That after all this...
4 min
18
Mina Loy: “Gertrude Stein”
2 min
19
Alfred, Lord Tennyson: “St. Telemachus”
7 min
20
Eva Candelaria Sosa: “Afterwards”
2 min
21
Lan Lesmeister: “Lube, Ars Poetica”
3 min
22
Janani Balasubramanian: “Quiet”
3 min
23
Andrea Lawlor: “Position Paper #53: National Ar...
2 min
24
Billy-Ray Belcourt: “Bildungssonnet”
2 min
25
Erasmus Darwin: From “The Temple of Nature,” Ca...
6 min