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
D. A. Lockhart: “Mhùkwinùnt Pe Asuwit”
2 min
2
Emily J. Clarke: “Surviving California”
3 min
3
Octavio Quintanilla: “Burning Car Tires”
3 min
4
A. A. Milne: “Happiness”
2 min
5
Leonora Speyer: “A Gift”
2 min
6
Kalehua Kim: “Sunset, Venice Beach, October”
2 min
7
Edgar Silex: “Map”
4 min
8
Melissa Eleftherion: “ruby-throated hummingbird”
3 min
9
Michael Walsh: “Six-Legged Blessing of Strength”
2 min
10
Kathryn Kysar: “Salt and Sand”
4 min
11
Kahlil Gibran: “The Dying Man and the Vulture”
3 min
12
Guest Editor Interview: November 2026 Guest Edi...
13 min
13
Nancy Cunard: “Prayer”
3 min
14
Michael Collier: “Reading John Donne’s Holy Son...
3 min
15
Sasha Debevec-McKenney: “All Week, I Listened”
4 min
16
Suji Kwock Kim: “Notes from a Field Hospital”
3 min
17
James Ciano: “Punch”
3 min
18
Kelly Beard: “After Words”
5 min
19
Lewis Carroll: “The Message to the Fish”
4 min
20
William Rose Benét: “The Adoration”
2 min
21
Catherine Barnett: “Dumb Luck”
3 min
22
Gregory Fraser: “Miscarriage”
3 min
23
Carlie Hoffman: “Story”
4 min
24
Steven Duong: “The Biologist and I”
3 min
25
Katie Chaple: “Horse”
2 min