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
Randall Mann: “Five Murders”
3 min
2
Monica Sok: “The Monk”
3 min
3
Marcus Wicker: “How to Continue Loving the Worl...
3 min
4
Jameson Fitzpatrick: “Refrain”
3 min
5
John Keats: “The Human Seasons”
3 min
6
Arthur Conan Doyle: “A Tragedy”
3 min
7
Tracy K. Smith: “Não, João”
5 min
8
Adrian Matejka: “Record Player”
2 min
9
Elizabeth Metzger: “Wake Turbulence”
3 min
10
Chen Chen: “An Evening Discussion”
3 min
11
Meghan O’Rourke: “Erasers”
3 min
12
W. B. Yeats: “No Second Troy”
2 min
13
Archibald MacLeish: “Sonnet”
3 min
14
Leslie Sainz: "[There are forces that twist the...
3 min
15
Guest Editor Interview: August 2026 Guest Edito...
24 min
16
Charif Shanahan: “Song”
1 min
17
Marwa Helal: "[the river]"
3 min
18
Kimberly Reyes: "The Storm Surge, 1981–1992"
3 min
19
Emily Jungmin Yoon: "After My First Breakup, My...
4 min
20
Divya Victor: "40 Feet from Nowhere"
3 min
21
Alfred Kreymborg: “Dirge”
3 min
22
Gerard Manley Hopkins: “Spring and Fall”
3 min
23
Daniel Borzutzky: “Heave Sonnet #241117”
3 min
24
Cecilia Vicuña, translated by Rosa Alcalá: “Ex ...
3 min
25
Dare Williams: “Zero Hour”
3 min