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.

Books
226
Sir Walter Scott: From "The Lady of the Lake" C...
4 min
227
John Iremil Teodoro and Luisa A. Igloria: “Ling...
4 min
228
David Cruz and Anthony Geist: “Immigrants”
2 min
229
Shivanee Ramlochan: “The Meaning of Trees”
4 min
230
Rolando Kattan, Katherine M. Hedeen, and Víctor...
3 min
231
José Mármol and Eileen O’Connor: “Another April...
6 min
232
James Sacré and Youmna Chamieh: “One day writi...
2 min
233
Margaret Fuller: “Freedom and Truth”
2 min
234
Tu Fu translated by Marilyn Chin: “Song of My H...
6 min
235
Bejan Matur and Eleanor Wright: “As Though”
3 min
236
Najwan Darwish and Kareem James Abu-Zeid: “In t...
3 min
237
Immanuel Mifsud and Ruth Ward: “Stone”
4 min
238
Yolanda Castaño and Samantha Schnee: “Wheel of ...
5 min
239
Damir Šodan and James Meetze: “Poetry in Small...
4 min
240
Dante Gabriel Rossetti: “Sonnet LIX: Love’s Las...
3 min
241
Yaxkin Melchy Ramos and Marcelo Hernandez Casti...
8 min
242
Andrea Cote and Craig Epplin: “Somber Bull”
4 min
243
Tomica Bajsić and Nina Bajsić: “When You Hit Yo...
3 min
244
Anthony Joseph: “Empires”
2 min
245
Katerina Iliopoulou and Jackson Watson: “Cape T...
4 min
246
Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa: “The Wicked Lady”
2 min
247
Lola Ridge: From “IV. The Stone” [The morning c...
4 min
248
Guest Editor Interview: September 2025 Guest Ed...
13 min
249
Léonie Adams: “Early Waking”
3 min
250
Geoffrey Brock: “Goodbye”
2 min