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
Gregory Orr: "[And isn't everything risk?]"
3 min
2
Bliss Carman: "Low Tide on Grand Pré"
4 min
3
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven: "A Dozen Cocktail...
4 min
4
George Bilgere: "After Escher"
3 min
5
Michael Kleber-Diggs: "Lupines in a Yard in San...
3 min
6
Leila Chatti: "The World Is Too Much With Us"
3 min
7
Reginald Dwayne Betts: "Petrichor"
3 min
8
Pádraig Ó Tuama: "Our Lady of the Garden"
3 min
9
Martial, translated by Henry Howard: "The Means...
3 min
10
Genevieve Taggard: "Going Somewhere"
3 min
11
Angela Narciso Torres: "Late Bird"
2 min
12
AE Hines: "Peace Treaty"
3 min
13
Daniel B. Summerhill: "Boplicity or Jimmy Throw...
4 min
14
Jenny George: "Touching and Being Touched"
2 min
15
Maggie Smith: "This human life"
3 min
16
Leonora Speyer: "She says, being forbidden:"
2 min
17
Guest Editor Interview: March 2026 Guest Editor...
17 min
18
Horace Gregory: "Interior: The Suburbs"
3 min
19
Salem al-Okaly, translated by Khaled Mattawa: "...
5 min
20
Sanam Sheriff: "The Emperor Pats His Lips with ...
3 min
21
Mary-Alice Daniel: "Ancestor Syndrome"
4 min
22
Kwame Dawes: "Window Art"
3 min
23
Ladan Osman: "[ ]"
3 min
24
Pindar, translated by Ernest Myers: "For Asopic...
4 min
25
Robert Bridges: "[The evening darkens over]"
3 min