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
Landis Grenville: "Homecoming"
3 min
2
Anthony Borruso: "Some Melodious Plot"
4 min
3
James Thomas Stevens: "To Hell Gate"
3 min
4
Anne Marie Rooney: "Abstraction"
2 min
5
Anonymous: "Lament of a Man for His Son"
3 min
6
William Rose Benét: "Unforgotten"
2 min
7
Guest Editor Interview: November 2025 Guest Edi...
20 min
8
Avia Tadmor: "Nothing Personal"
4 min
9
Ameen Animashaun: "The Dance of the Lambs and t...
3 min
10
Brian Teare: "smallholding"
7 min
11
Weijia Pan: "Immigrant Song at a Food Truck"
2 min
12
Jennifer Elise Foerster: "American History"
4 min
13
James Ephraim McGirt: "A Mystery"
3 min
14
James Joyce: "III"
3 min
15
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "SoMa"
2 min
16
Dujie Tahat: "All-American Ghazal"
3 min
17
Matthew Gellman: "Conflation"
3 min
18
Susan Mitchell: "Wolf Moon"
4 min
19
Sam Sax: "Ode to Those Who Block Tunnels and Br...
4 min
20
Elias Lönnrot, translated by John Martin Crawfo...
4 min
21
Robinson Jeffers: From "The Loving Shepherdess"...
3 min
22
Sasha Wade: "Del Parto"
4 min
23
Lena Khalaf Tuffaha: "Correspondence with Apolo...
3 min
24
Monica Ferrell: "Subclinical"
3 min
25
Kevin Prufer: "Graves"
4 min