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
Gertrude Stein: “Tender Buttons [Breakfast]”
8 min
2
Vachel Lindsay: “Meeting Ourselves”
3 min
3
Taylor Byas: “I begin the day thinking”
2 min
4
Samantha Thornhill: “38. Shedding the Old”
3 min
5
Guest Editor Interview: August 2025 Guest Edito...
21 min
6
Lauren K. Alleyne: “Gift”
3 min
7
Mary Jo Bang: “Madonna Overview”
3 min
8
L. Lamar Wilson: “Lauren Oya Olamina Explains E...
4 min
9
Philip Levine: “Breath”
4 min
10
Else Lasker-Schüler: “Sphinx”
2 min
11
Jeffrey Pethybridge: “Note on Method”
5 min
12
Adrian Matejka: “16 Bars Poetica”
2 min
13
Kiki Petrosino: From “De Jure Sanguinis”
2 min
14
Fiona Templeton: “Why Say That”
3 min
15
Elisa Gabbert: “The Bridge”
2 min
16
Rainer Maria Rilke: “Put Out My Eyes”
2 min
17
Charles Baudelaire: “Obsession”
3 min
18
CM Burroughs: “One Way To Resurrect An Ancestor”
2 min
19
Christian Campbell: “My Grandmother’s Love Lett...
3 min
20
Kyla Marshell: “Somewhere Swimming”
2 min
21
Tommye Blount: “Karl Lagerfeld’s line of beauty”
4 min
22
Jzl Jmz: “Drenched in Reflection”
2 min
23
Adrienne Rich: “This Evening Let’s”
4 min
24
Pierre Dupont: “A Serenade”
2 min
25
Abe Louise Young: “Who”
2 min