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
Yahya Frederickson: "News"
4 min
2
Chris Abani: "Ash Wednesday"
3 min
3
Charles Reznikoff: "XX" [A white curtain turnin...
2 min
4
Walter de la Mare: "A Song of Enchantment"
3 min
5
H. R. Webster: "Oranges"
5 min
6
Lawrence Joseph: "The Imagination Completes Its...
3 min
7
Megan Levad Beisner: "The woman who cut and pai...
3 min
8
Robert Laidler: "Jr"
3 min
9
Jennifer Huang: "Gender Euphoria and the Superb...
3 min
10
John Berryman: "Footing Our Cabin’s Lawn, Befor...
2 min
11
Wallace Stevens: "The Plot Against the Giant"
3 min
12
Richard Jackson: "A Loud Death"
5 min
13
Sophia Terazawa: From "September Roams a Vertic...
3 min
14
Maura Stanton: "A Night in Chicago"
3 min
15
Arthur Sze: "Qinghai Lake"
3 min
16
Brian Gyamfi: "The Thing Dead on the Road"
2 min
17
Anonymous, translated by Frances Densmore: "My ...
2 min
18
Guest Editor Interview: December 2025 Guest Edi...
18 min
19
Marianne Moore: "Dock Rats"
4 min
20
Nicholas Friedman: "Night Before"
2 min
21
Casandra López: "Language Studies: ‘Wiishmenok ...
3 min
22
Abigail Chabitnoy: "Everything Exactly as It Se...
3 min
23
Elizabeth Lindsey Rogers: "Jessica McClure, Aft...
4 min
24
Benjamin Garcia: "Egg Tooth"
3 min
25
Samuel Alfred Beadle: "Alice"
3 min