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.
Robert Graves: “1915”
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 28, 2026. www.poets.org
Ezra Pound: “Meditatio”
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 27, 2026. www.poets.org
D’mani Thomas: “for goldfish that remember seaworld”
Recorded by D’mani Thomas for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 26, 2026. www.poets.org
Jos Charles: “A Song” [I was want]
Recorded by Jos Charles for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 25, 2026. www.poets.org
Rachel McKibbens: “Deluxe Mourning Package”
Recorded by Rachel McKibbens for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 24, 2026. www.poets.org
Isa Borgeson: “[last summer I folded my dresses into storage]”
Recorded by Isa Borgeson for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 23, 2026. www.poets.org
Travis Tate: “Summer City”
Recorded by Travis Tate for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 22, 2026. www.poets.org
Edward Powys Mathers: “Six Love Songs”
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 21, 2026. www.poets.org
Mona Van Duyn: “The Talker”
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 20, 2026. www.poets.org
Ariana Brown: “The Shoes My Mother Hated, in Fairness, Were Ugly”
Recorded by Ariana Brown for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 19, 2026. www.poets.org
Shira Erlichman: “I Was Born Again the First Time I Lost Time Watching a Woman”
Recorded by Shira Erlichman for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 18, 2026. www.poets.org
Kamelya Omayma Youssef: “My earth which is mine will always make more of itself”
Recorded by Kamelya Omayma Youssef for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 17, 2026. www.poets.org
Moncho Alvarado: “An Erasure of Senate Bill 111”
Recorded by Moncho Alvarado for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 16, 2026. www.poets.org
Jimin Seo: “In Memoriam [±That after all this I have still chosen life.]”
Recorded by Jimin Seo for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 15, 2026. www.poets.org
Mina Loy: “Gertrude Stein”
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 14, 2026. www.poets.org
Alfred, Lord Tennyson: “St. Telemachus”
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 13, 2026. www.poets.org
Eva Candelaria Sosa: “Afterwards”
Recorded by Eva Candelaria Sosa for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 12, 2026. www.poets.org
Lan Lesmeister: “Lube, Ars Poetica”
Recorded by Lan Lesmeisterfor Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 11, 2026. www.poets.org
Janani Balasubramanian: “Quiet”
Recorded by Janani Balasubramanian for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 10, 2026 www.poets.org
Andrea Lawlor: “Position Paper #53: National Archivist”
Recorded by Andrea Lawlor for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 9, 2026. www.poets.org
Billy-Ray Belcourt: “Bildungssonnet”
Recorded by Billy-Ray Belcourt for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 8, 2026. www.poets.org
Erasmus Darwin: From “The Temple of Nature,” Canto I (The Production of Life) [III. Now rose in purple pomp the breezy dawn,]
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 7, 2026. www.poets.org
Tao Yuanming, translated by Arthur Waley: “[A long time ago]”
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 6, 2026. www.poets.org
Danez Smith: “Do You Know What Today Is?”
Recorded by Danez Smith for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 5, 2026. www.poets.org
William Ward Butler: “Fidelity”
Recorded by William Ward Butler for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 4, 2026. www.poets.org
Alexis N. Garcia: “Alexa for Seniors in Easy Steps”
Recorded by Alexis N. Garcia for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 3, 2026. www.poets.org
Muriel Leung: “At the end of the world, you tell me about the bees”
Recorded by Muriel Leung for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 2, 2026. www.poets.org
Kyle Carrero Lopez: “Statement of Purpose”
Recorded by Kyle Carrero Lopez for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 1, 2026. www.poets.org
Guest Editor Interview: June 2026 Guest Editor Sam Sax
Recorded by Mary Sutton and Sam Sax for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 31, 2026 www.poets.org
Allen Tate: “Mr. Pope”
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 31, 2026. www.poets.org
Kashiana Singh: “Bone by Bone: A Hypochondriac Inventory”
Recorded by Kashiana Singh for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 30, 2026. www.poets.org
Sarah Ghazal Ali: “Künstlerroman”
Recorded by Sarah Ghazal Ali for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 29, 2026 www.poets.org
Safia Elhillo: “Abecedarian Beginning with Alif”
Recorded by Safia Elhillo for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 28, 2026. www.poets.org
Megan Fernandes: “Every Person Is an Address, Every Person Is a Calendar”
Recorded by Megan Fernandes for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 27, 2026 www.poets.org
Sara Deniz Akant: "War Poem"
Recorded by Sara Deniz Akant for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 26, 2026. www.poets.org
Kiran Bath: "Nayika at the crawfish boil"
Recorded by Kiran Bath for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 25, 2026. www.poets.org
John Masefield: "On Growing Old"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 24, 2026. www.poets.org
Ravi Shankar: "Final Stop"
Recorded by Ravi Shankar for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 23, 2026. www.poets.org
Jeanann Verlee: "Peril, Ignored"
Recorded by Jeanann Verlee for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 22, 2026. www.poets.org
Adam Falkner: "Correct the Record, Can We?"
Recorded by Adam Falkner for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 21, 2026 www.poets.org
