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
Raffi Joe Wartanian: "Tongue"
3 min
2
Jesse Arlen: "𓆭 [Tree]"
3 min
3
Suzanne Cleary: "Mercury"
3 min
4
Didi Jackson: "Spot"
3 min
5
William Archila: "Ginebra"
4 min
6
Susan Deer Cloud: "Waking in Deep Night to the ...
5 min
7
Kathy Evans: "Bio"
2 min
8
Hrayr Varaz: "Ladletime: Night Time"
6 min
9
Lola Koundakjian: "The Little Boy"
2 min
10
Michelle Bitting: "Richard’s Not Such a Die-Har...
4 min
11
J. Scott Brownlee: "These Hills"
5 min
12
Danusha Laméris: "Peonies"
3 min
13
Kira Tucker: "Precious"
3 min
14
Guest Editor Interview: April 2026 Guest Editor...
17 min
15
Jane Hirshfield: "I speak with the future."
4 min
16
Padraic Colum: "The Pigeons"
2 min
17
William Wordsworth: "Persuasion"
3 min
18
Nikita Deshpande: "Post Partum"
3 min
19
Derrick Austin: "Audience"
3 min
20
ire’ne lara silva: "i didn’t eat the sun"
3 min
21
Dorianne Laux: "Where Is My Friend?"
2 min
22
Esther Lin: "Origin Story"
3 min
23
Sherwood Anderson: "A Poet"
2 min
24
Louise Glück: "Vita Nova"
4 min
25
Todd Turnidge: "Moonlight Romantica"
3 min