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
Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy: “The Wolves”
4 min
2
Wayne Miller: “Theological”
2 min
3
Armen Davoudian: “Hot Springs”
2 min
4
Paul Tran: “Eros”
4 min
5
Aaron Smith: “I’m Dating a Man Who’s Married”
2 min
6
D. A. Powell: “Rewilding”
2 min
7
Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Fate”
4 min
8
Alfred Kreymborg: “Those Everlasting Blues”
4 min
9
Sandra Lim: “Cattiveria”
2 min
10
Noah Warren: “Shuttle”
3 min
11
Christian Gullette: “The Fates”
2 min
12
Natalie Shapero: “Hansel or Gretel”
3 min
13
Michael Dumanis: “Sehnsucht”
4 min
14
Stanley Kunitz: “Passing Through”
3 min
15
Li Bai: “The River-Merchant’s Wife: A Letter,” ...
4 min
16
Miguel Murphy: “August”
2 min
17
Jesse Nathan: “Panhandle”
3 min
18
Leonel Sánchez Lopez: “What the Birds Do”
2 min
19
Saeed Jones: “Self-Portrait as Hereboy, Sethe’s...
2 min
20
Andrea Cohen: “Pastime ”
2 min
21
Gertrude Stein: “Tender Buttons [Breakfast]”
8 min
22
Vachel Lindsay: “Meeting Ourselves”
3 min
23
Taylor Byas: “I begin the day thinking”
2 min
24
Samantha Thornhill: “38. Shedding the Old”
3 min
25
Guest Editor Interview: August 2025 Guest Edito...
21 min