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
Lance Larsen: "To My Daughter's Dead Name"
3 min
2
Trish Hopkinson: "Clutch"
3 min
3
Washington Matthews: "Song 'A'"
3 min
4
Witter Bynner: "Madagascar [Opus 104]"
2 min
5
Chris Watkins: "The Sonnet in Drag"
3 min
6
Carol Moldaw: "What We Wanted"
4 min
7
Erin Marie Lynch: "Poshmark"
3 min
8
Rob Arnold: "Fourth of July"
3 min
9
Elise Paschen: "Aperture"
3 min
10
Alan Seeger: "Liebestod"
4 min
11
Mary Cornelia Hartshorne: "The Poet"
3 min
12
Alice Fulton: "Tough Zinnias"
4 min
13
Landis Grenville: "Homecoming"
3 min
14
Anthony Borruso: "Some Melodious Plot"
4 min
15
James Thomas Stevens: "To Hell Gate"
3 min
16
Anne Marie Rooney: "Abstraction"
2 min
17
Anonymous: "Lament of a Man for His Son"
3 min
18
William Rose Benét: "Unforgotten"
2 min
19
Avia Tadmor: "Nothing Personal"
4 min
20
Guest Editor Interview: November 2025 Guest Edi...
20 min
21
Ameen Animashaun: "The Dance of the Lambs and t...
3 min
22
Brian Teare: "smallholding"
7 min
23
Weijia Pan: "Immigrant Song at a Food Truck"
2 min
24
Jennifer Elise Foerster: "American History"
4 min
25
James Ephraim McGirt: "A Mystery"
3 min