Poem-a-Day
Episodes
Natalie Scenters-Zapico: "Aura"
21 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Natalie Scenters-Zapico for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on January 21, 2026. ...
Elizabeth Bradfield: "The Teeth on My Wrist"
20 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Elizabeth Bradfield for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on January 20, 2026. ...
Katrina Vandenberg: "Tomatoes"
19 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Katrina Vandenberg for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on January 19, 2026. ...
Frank Horne: "Youth"
18 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on January 18, 2026. ...
Marie Ponsot: "Rain All Night, Paris"
17 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on January 17, 2026. ...
A. L. Nielsen: "Consensus"
16 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by A. L. Nielsen for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on January 16, 2026. ...
Rebecca Gayle Howell: "How Will I Know You" [For months]
15 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Rebecca Gayle Howell for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on January 15, 2026. ...
Todd Davis: "How She Heard It"
14 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Todd Davis for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on January 14, 2026. ...
Lindsay Bernal: "The Laundresses"
13 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Lindsay Bernal for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on January 13, 2026. ...
Tim Earley: "Vacation Bible School"
12 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Tim Earley for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on January 12, 2026. ...
Samuel Beckett: "Whoroscope"
11 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on January 11, 2026. ...
E. E. Cummings: From "Puella Mea" [Through the young and awkward hours]
10 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on January 10, 2026. ...
Adam Giannelli: "Alliterative Autobiography"
09 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Adam Giannelli for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on January 9, 2026. ...
Jenny Johnson: "Queer Trivia Night"
08 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Jenny Johnson for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on January 8, 2026. ...
Jacob Shores-Argüello: "The Names of Grasses"
07 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Jacob Shores-Argüello for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on January 7, 2026. ...
Sara Nicholson: "What Ails Me"
06 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Sara Nicholson for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on January 6, 2026. ...
Gary Jackson: "Chickens"
05 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Gary Jackson for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on January 5, 2026. ...
W. H. Auden: "II" [Doom is dark and deeper than any sea-dingle.]
04 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on January 4, 2026. ...
André Fontainas, translated by Jethro Bithell: "Desires"
03 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on January 3, 2026. ...
J. Bailey Hutchinson: "Megaloceros"
02 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by J. Bailey Hutchinson for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on January 2, 2026. ...
Austin Araujo: "Burning Candle"
01 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Austin Araujo for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on January 1, 2026. ...
Guest Editor Interview: January 2026 Guest Editor Geffrey Davis
31 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Geffrey Davis and Khaled Mattawa for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on December 31, 2025. ...
Carlina Duan: "I Face East (Ars Poetica)"
31 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Carlina Duan for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on December 31, 2025. ...
Sara Abou Rashed: "Gaza I"
30 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Sara Abou Rashed for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on December 30, 2025. ...
Deema K. Shehabi: "Solstice Pantoum"
29 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Deema K. Shehabi for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on December 29, 2025. ...
Oscar Wilde: "Le Jardin des Tuileries"
28 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on December 28, 2025. ...
Mary Shelley: "Stanzas" [How like a star you rose upon my life,]
27 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on December 27, 2025. ...
T. J. Anderson III: "Pollinator"
26 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by T. J. Anderson III for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on December 26, 2025. ...
Roger Mitchell: "Going Back"
25 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Roger Mitchell for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on December 25, 2025. ...
Elmaz Abinader: "True Metal"
24 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Elmaz Abinader for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on December 24, 2025. ...
David Wojahn: "Inauguration Day, 2025"
23 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by David Wojahn for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on December 23, 2025. ...
Talvikki Ansel: "The Lichens"
22 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Talvikki Ansel for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on December 22, 2025. ...
Lewis Carroll: "Christmas Greetings from a Fairy to a Child"
21 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on December 21, 2025. ...
Donald Justice: "The Artist Orpheus"
20 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on December 20, 2025. ...
Michael Dickman: "A Good Doctor"
19 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Michael Dickman for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on December 19, 2025. ...
Dalia Taha, translated by Sara Elkamel: "Enter Terror"
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Dalia Taha and Sara Elkamel for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on December 18, 2025. ...
Aliki Barnstone: "The Sign as You Exit the Artist’s Colony Says ‘The Real World’"
17 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Aliki Barnstone for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on December 17, 2025. ...
Yahya Frederickson: "News"
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Yahya Frederickson for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on December 16, 2025. ...
Chris Abani: "Ash Wednesday"
15 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Chris Abani for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on December 15, 2025. ...
Charles Reznikoff: "XX" [A white curtain turning in an open window]
14 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on December 14, 2025. ...
Walter de la Mare: "A Song of Enchantment"
13 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on December 13, 2025. ...
H. R. Webster: "Oranges"
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by H. R. Webster for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on December 11, 2025. ...
Lawrence Joseph: "The Imagination Completes Its Grand Circuit,"
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Lawrence Joseph for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on December 11, 2025. ...
Megan Levad Beisner: "The woman who cut and painted my toenails"
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Megan Levad Beisner for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on December 10, 2025. ...
Robert Laidler: "Jr"
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Robert Laidler for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on December 9, 2025. ...
Jennifer Huang: "Gender Euphoria and the Superbloom"
08 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Jennifer Huang for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on December 8, 2025. ...
John Berryman: "Footing Our Cabin’s Lawn, Before the Wood"
07 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Shane McCrae for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on December 7, 2025. ...
Wallace Stevens: "The Plot Against the Giant"
06 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on December 6, 2025. ...
Richard Jackson: "A Loud Death"
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Richard Jackson for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on December 5, 2025. ...
Sophia Terazawa: From "September Roams a Vertical Passage"
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Sophia Terazawa for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on December 4, 2025. ...
Maura Stanton: "A Night in Chicago"
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Maura Stanton for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on December 3, 2025. ...
Arthur Sze: "Qinghai Lake"
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Arthur Sze for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on December 2, 2025. ...
Brian Gyamfi: "The Thing Dead on the Road"
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Brian Gyamfi for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on December 1, 2025. ...
Guest Editor Interview: December 2025 Guest Editor Khaled Mattawa
30 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Mary Sutton and Khaled Mattawa for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on November 30, 2025. ...
Anonymous, translated by Frances Densmore: "My Dream"
30 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on November 30, 2025. ...
Marianne Moore: "Dock Rats"
29 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on November 29, 2025. ...
Nicholas Friedman: "Night Before"
28 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Nicholas Friedman for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on November 28, 2025. ...
Casandra López: "Language Studies: ‘Wiishmenok /to love /to like/to want"
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Casandra López for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on November 27, 2025. ...
Abigail Chabitnoy: "Everything Exactly as It Seems"
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Abigail Chabitnoy for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on November 26, 2025. ...
Elizabeth Lindsey Rogers: "Jessica McClure, After the Well"
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Elizabeth Lindsey Rogers for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on November 25, 2025. ...
Benjamin Garcia: "Egg Tooth"
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Benjamin Garcia for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on November 24, 2025. ...
Samuel Alfred Beadle: "Alice"
23 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on November 23, 2025. ...
Anne Brontë: "Night"
22 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on November 22, 2025. ...
Lisa Bickmore: "flit [sparrow]"
21 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Lisa Bickmore for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on November 21, 2025. ...
Kimberly Blaeser: "Postures of Devotion"
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Kimberly Blaeser for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on November 20, 2025. ...
Annie Wenstrup: "Lodestone"
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Annie Wenstrup for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on November 19, 2025. ...
Lance Larsen: "To My Daughter's Dead Name"
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Lance Larsen for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on November 18, 2025. ...
Trish Hopkinson: "Clutch"
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Trish Hopkinson for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on November 17, 2025. ...
Washington Matthews: "Song 'A'"
16 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on November 16, 2025. ...
Witter Bynner: "Madagascar [Opus 104]"
15 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on November 15, 2025. ...
Chris Watkins: "The Sonnet in Drag"
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Chris Watkins for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on November 14, 2025. ...
Carol Moldaw: "What We Wanted"
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Carol Moldaw for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on November 13, 2025. ...
Erin Marie Lynch: "Poshmark"
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Erin Marie Lynch for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on November 12, 2025. ...
Rob Arnold: "Fourth of July"
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Rob Arnold for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on November 11, 2025. ...
Elise Paschen: "Aperture"
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Elise Paschen for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on November 10, 2025. ...
Alan Seeger: "Liebestod"
09 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on November 9, 2025. ...
Mary Cornelia Hartshorne: "The Poet"
08 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on November 8, 2025. ...
Alice Fulton: "Tough Zinnias"
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Alice Fulton for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on November 7, 2025. ...
Landis Grenville: "Homecoming"
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Landis Grenville for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on November 6, 2025. ...
Anthony Borruso: "Some Melodious Plot"
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Anthony Borruso for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on November 5, 2025. ...
James Thomas Stevens: "To Hell Gate"
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by James Thomas Stevens for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on November 4, 2025. ...
Anne Marie Rooney: "Abstraction"
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Anne Marie Rooney for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on November 3, 2025. ...
Anonymous: "Lament of a Man for His Son"
02 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on November 2, 2025. ...
William Rose Benét: "Unforgotten"
01 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on November 1, 2025. ...
Guest Editor Interview: November 2025 Guest Editor Tacey M. Atsitty
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Mary Sutton and Tacey M. Atsitty for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 31, 2025. ...
Avia Tadmor: "Nothing Personal"
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Avia Tadmor for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 31, 2025. ...
Ameen Animashaun: "The Dance of the Lambs and the Birds"
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Ameen Animashaun for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 30, 2025. ...
Brian Teare: "smallholding"
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Brian Teare for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 29, 2025. ...
Weijia Pan: "Immigrant Song at a Food Truck"
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Weijia Pan for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 28, 2025. ...
Jennifer Elise Foerster: "American History"
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Jennifer Elise Foerster for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 27, 2025. ...
James Ephraim McGirt: "A Mystery"
26 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 26, 2025. ...
James Joyce: "III"
25 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 25, 2025. ...
Hieu Minh Nguyen: "SoMa"
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Hieu Minh Nguyen for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 24, 2025. ...
Dujie Tahat: "All-American Ghazal"
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Dujie Tahat for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 23, 2025. ...
Matthew Gellman: "Conflation"
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Matthew Gellman for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 22, 2025. ...
Susan Mitchell: "Wolf Moon"
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Susan Mitchell for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 21, 2025. ...
Sam Sax: "Ode to Those Who Block Tunnels and Bridges"
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Sam Sax for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 20, 2025. ...
Elias Lönnrot, translated by John Martin Crawford: From the "Kalevala" [Proem]
19 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 19, 2025. ...
Robinson Jeffers: From "The Loving Shepherdess" [Unhappy shepherdess,]
18 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 18, 2025. ...
Sasha Wade: "Del Parto"
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded by Sasha Wade for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on October 17, 2025. ...