Poem-a-Day
Poem-a-Day is a daily poetry series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Each episode features a new poem by a contemporary poet. The free digital series is supported by readers and listeners. Theme music is by Kat Rejsek, with audio engineering by Genevieve Shubeck, and listeners can learn more or support the series at poets.org/give.
Episodes
E. Hughes: “To Let this Woman Love Me”
Recorded by E. Hughes for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 14, 2026. www.poets.org
Ama Codjoe: “Their Pasts”
Recorded by Ama Codjoe for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 13, 2026. www.poets.org
Safiya Sinclair: “Bluebeard”
Recorded by Safiya Sinclair for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 12, 2026. www.poets.org
Charles Dickens: “The Ivy Green”
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 11, 2026. www.poets.org
Claude McKay: “Jasmines”
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 10, 2026. www.poets.org
Brian Komei Dempster: “Glow”
Recorded by Brian Komei Dempster for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 9, 2026. www.poets.org
francine j. harris: “Wish We Were Daddies”
Recorded by francine j. harris for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 8, 2026. www.poets.org
Christian Campbell: From “Birthday Letters” (I)
Recorded by Christian Campbell for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 7, 2026. www.poets.org
Kerry Sherin Wright: “Poem haunted by the sound of a long e”
Recorded by Kerry Sherin Wright for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 6, 2026. www.poets.org
Hai-Dang Phan: “Kingfisher”
Recorded by Hai-Dang Phan for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 5, 2026. www.poets.org
Susan Stewart: “A Single Tree”
Recorded by Susan Stewart for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 4, 2026. www.poets.org
Henry David Thoreau: “Smoke”
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 3, 2026. www.poets.org
Vievee Francis: “I Have to Write the Book You’ll Burn”
Recorded by Vievee Francis for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 2, 2026. www.poets.org
Stuart Dybek: “Nine Bluegills”
Recorded by Stuart Dybek for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 1, 2026. www.poets.org
Yiannis Doukas, translated by A. E. Stallings: “Ekphrasis: Her Expression”
Recorded by A. E. Stallings and Yiannis Doukas for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on September 30, 2026. www.poets.org
Guest Editor Interview: October 2026 Guest Editor Edward Hirsch
Recorded by Mary Sutton and Edward Hirsch for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on September 30, 2026. www.poets.org
Amergin Glúingel, translated by Paul Muldoon: “The Battle Hymn of Amergin”
Recorded by Paul Muldoon for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on September 29, 2026. www.poets.org
Matsuo Bashō, translated by Kimiko Hahn: “Three Haiku”
Recorded by Kimiko Hahn for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on September 28, 2026. www.poets.org
Thomas Hardy: “Going and Staying”
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on September 27, 2026. www.poets.org
Edith Wharton: “Segesta”
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on September 26, 2026. www.poets.org
Margaret Noodin, translated by the author: “Fire Strike”
Recorded by Margaret Noodin for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on September 25, 2026. www.poets.org
Christine de Pisan, translated by Jane Draycott: “The boat”
Recorded by Jane Draycott for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on September 24, 2026. www.poets.org
Carmen Gallo, translated by Will Schutt: “Snorkel”
Recorded by Carmen Gallo and Will Schutt for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on September 23, 2026. www.poets.org
Mirabai, translated by Chloe Martinez: “Mira at the Market”
Recorded by Chloe Martinez and Mahesh Sharma for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on September 22, 2026. www.poets.org
Rumi, translated by Haleh Liza Gafori: “Go ahead, Lord, break our harp”
Recorded by Haleh Liza Gafori for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on September 21, 2026. www.poets.org
Robinson Jeffers: “People and a Heron”
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on September 20, 2026. www.poets.org
Thomas Wyatt: “[Farewell love and all thy laws forever]”
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on September 19, 2026. www.poets.org
Amanda Hernández, translated by Ana Portnoy Brimmer: “Noise”
Recorded by Amanda Hernández and Ana Portnoy Brimmer for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on September 18, 2026. www.poets.org
Anna Gual, translated by AKaiser: “The New Normal”
Recorded by Anna Gual and AKaiser Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on September 17, 2026. www.poets.org
Daniel Lipara, translated by Robin Myers: [Someone running with his head aflame]
Recorded by Daniel Lipara and Robin Myers for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on September 16, 2026. www.poets.org
Jenny Tunedal, translated by Johannes Göransson: “Older Elektra”
Recorded by Jenny Tunedal and Johannes Göransson for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on September 15, 2026. www.poets.org
Stéphane Bouquet, translated by Lindsay Turner: From “Mediations of the Old Young Man” [2. What it was to live in a lake-&-mountain town:]
Recorded by Lindsay Turner for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on September 14, 2026. www.poets.org
Christina Rossetti: “Love Lies Bleeding”
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on September 13, 2026. www.poets.org
Emily Dickinson: “[This is my letter to the World]”
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on September 12, 2026. www.poets.org
Daniela Danz, translated by Monika Cassel: “A Brief History of Condensation Trails”
Recorded by Daniela Danz and Monika Cassel for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on September 11, 2026. www.poets.org
Nikola Madzirov: “Silence Comes from Somewhere Else”
Recorded by Nikola Madzirov for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on September 30, 2026. www.poets.org
Eugenio Montale, translated by Jamie McKendrick: “Noon”
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on September 9, 2026. www.poets.org
Luis Muñoz, translated by Idra Novey and Garth Greenwell: “Folded”
Recorded by Luis Muñoz and Idra Novey for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on September 8, 2026. www.poets.org
António Osório, translated by Patricio Ferrari and Susan Margaret Brown: “Consolation of Poetry”
Recorded by Patricio Ferrari for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on September 7, 2026. www.poets.org
Babette Deutsch: “The Valley of Aijalon”
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on September 6, 2026. www.poets.org
Robert Frost: “The Cocoon”
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on September 5, 2026. www.poets.org
Dimitri Psurtsev, translated by Philip Metres: “[We waved them off long ago. So why]”
Recorded by Dimitri Psurtsev and Philip Metres for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on September 4, 2026. www.poets.org
César Vallejo, translated by Dean Rader and Carmen Giménez: “[The rage that shatters a man into children,]”
Recorded by Dean Rader and Carmen Giménez for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on September 3, 2026. www.poets.org
Tariq Al-Arabi, translated by Tayseer Abu Odeh and Sherah Bloor
Recorded by Tariq Al-Arabi and Sherah Bloor for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on September 2, 2026. www.poets.org
Lyudmyla Khersonska, translated by Ilya Kaminsky and Katie Farris: “When Crimea was still a place of light,”
Recorded by Lyudmyla Khersonska and Ilya Kaminsky for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on September 1, 2026. www.poets.org
Maya C. Popa: “Fireflies”
Recorded by Maya C. Popa for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 31, 2026. www.poets.org
Morgan Parker: “First Light”
Recorded by Morgan Parker for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 31, 2026. www.poets.org
Guest Editor Interview: September 2026 Guest Editor Maya C. Popa
Recorded by Mary Sutton and Maya C. Popa for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 31, 2026 www.poets.org
Robert Louis Stevenson: “[I, whom Apollo sometime visited,]”
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 30, 2026. www.poets.org
William Carlos Williams: “Thursday”
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 29, 2026. www.poets.org
Ocean Vuong: “Independence Day”
Recorded by Ocean Vuong and Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 28, 2026. www.poets.org
Kristin Lueke: “ghost ranch”
Recorded by Kristin Lueke for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 27, 2026. www.poets.org
Jenny Browne: “The Specific Ocean”
Recorded by Jenny Browne for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 26, 2026. www.poets.org
Kazim Ali: “Sandwich”
Recorded by Kazim Ali for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 25, 2026. www.poets.org
Margaret Ross: “Forever”
Recorded by Margaret Ross for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 24, 2026. www.poets.org
Carl Sandburg: “Summer Grass”
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 23, 2026. www.poets.org
W. H. Auden: “[Watch any day his nonchalant pauses]”
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 22, 2026. www.poets.org
Raymond Antrobus: “Charles Uzor”
Recorded by Raymond Antrobus for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 21, 2026. www.poets.org
Pimone Triplett: “Toy Peacock in Teak Birdcage”
Recorded by Pimone Triplett for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 20, 2026. www.poets.org
Rowan Ricardo Phillips: “MMXXVI”
Recorded by Rowan Ricardo Phillips for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 19, 2026. www.poets.org
Spencer Reece: “Window”
Recorded by Spencer Reece for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 18, 2026. www.poets.org
Tina Chang: “Bearing Down”
Recorded by Tina Chang for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 17, 2026. www.poets.org
E. B. White: “Dog Around the Block”
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 16, 2026. www.poets.org
Sara Teasdale: “Song at Capri”
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 15, 2026. www.poets.org
Ada Limón: “Dusk After Your Passing”
Recorded by Ada Limón for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 14, 2026. www.poets.org
Randall Mann: “Five Murders”
Recorded by Randall Mann for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 13, 2026. www.poets.org
Monica Sok: “The Monk”
Recorded by Monica Sok for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 12, 2026. www.poets.org
Marcus Wicker: “How to Continue Loving the World Despite Years of Impediment”
Recorded by Marcus Wicker for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 11, 2026. www.poets.org
Jameson Fitzpatrick: “Refrain”
Recorded by Jameson Fitzpatrick for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 10, 2026. www.poets.org
John Keats: “The Human Seasons”
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 9, 2026. www.poets.org
Arthur Conan Doyle: “A Tragedy”
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 8, 2026. www.poets.org
Tracy K. Smith: “Não, João”
Recorded by Tracy K. Smith for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 7, 2026. www.poets.org
Adrian Matejka: “Record Player”
Recorded by Adrian Matejka for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 6, 2026. www.poets.org
Elizabeth Metzger: “Wake Turbulence”
Recorded by Elizabeth Metzger for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 5, 2026. www.poets.org
Chen Chen: “An Evening Discussion”
Recorded by Chen Chen for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 4, 2026. www.poets.org
Meghan O’Rourke: “Erasers”
Recorded by Meghan O’Rourke for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 3, 2026. www.poets.org
W. B. Yeats: “No Second Troy”
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 2, 2026. www.poets.org
Archibald MacLeish: “Sonnet”
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on August 1, 2026. www.poets.org
Leslie Sainz: "[There are forces that twist the tops of us like pliers.]"
Recorded by Leslie Sainz for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 31, 2026. www.poets.org
Guest Editor Interview: August 2026 Guest Editor Charif Shanahan
Recorded by Mary Sutton and Charif Shanahan for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on July 31, 2026 www.poets.org
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