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
Katerina Iliopoulou and Jackson Watson: “Cape T...
4 min
2
Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa: “The Wicked Lady”
2 min
3
Lola Ridge: From “IV. The Stone” [The morning c...
4 min
4
Guest Editor Interview: September 2025 Guest Ed...
13 min
5
Léonie Adams: “Early Waking”
3 min
6
Geoffrey Brock: “Goodbye”
2 min
7
Atsuro Riley: “We Be Ludere”
1 min
8
Ari Banias: “Task”
3 min
9
Brian Tierney: “Catering”
4 min
10
Cate Marvin: “The Truth”
2 min
11
Sharon Olds: “Boxer Aria”
3 min
12
Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy: “The Wolves”
4 min
13
Wayne Miller: “Theological”
2 min
14
Armen Davoudian: “Hot Springs”
2 min
15
Paul Tran: “Eros”
4 min
16
Aaron Smith: “I’m Dating a Man Who’s Married”
2 min
17
D. A. Powell: “Rewilding”
2 min
18
Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Fate”
4 min
19
Alfred Kreymborg: “Those Everlasting Blues”
4 min
20
Sandra Lim: “Cattiveria”
2 min
21
Noah Warren: “Shuttle”
3 min
22
Christian Gullette: “The Fates”
2 min
23
Natalie Shapero: “Hansel or Gretel”
3 min
24
Michael Dumanis: “Sehnsucht”
4 min
25
Stanley Kunitz: “Passing Through”
3 min