Show overview
Audio Poem of the Day launched in 2025 and has put out 141 episodes in the time since. That works out to roughly 4 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a near-daily cadence.
Episodes typically run under ten minutes — most land between 56s and 2 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language Arts show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed yesterday, with 132 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2026, with 132 episodes published. Published by Poetry Foundation.
Episodes
141
Running
2025–2026 · 1y
Median length
1 min
Cadence
Near-daily
From the publisher
Audio recordings of classic and contemporary poems read by poets and actors, delivered every day.
Latest Episodes
View all 141 episodesOn learning to hold oneself in the night
May 15, 20260 min
From “CANTARES”
May 14, 20261 min
Photo-finish
May 13, 20260 min
Unromantic Love
May 12, 20261 min
Rosary (Prayer One)
May 11, 20260 min
6 février
May 10, 20262 min
Vase Poppies
May 9, 20260 min
Inside My Body
May 8, 20261 min
A Lonely Navajo Studies Under the City of Spires
May 7, 202613 min
曇天 Overcast Sky
May 6, 20262 min
Love Looks Not with the Eyes
May 5, 20261 min
Enough
May 4, 20261 min
The Big Running River
May 3, 20260 min
Photo of a Girl on a Beach
May 2, 20261 min
I do not mention the war in my birthplace to my six-year-old son but somehow his body knows
May 1, 20261 min
[To be crippled means to be institutionalized]
Apr 30, 20261 min
The Dim Tenements
Apr 29, 20261 min
To What You Said
Apr 28, 20261 min
Migraine as Whale: A Triptych
Apr 27, 20262 min
A Lump of Pure Sound
Apr 26, 20261 min
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