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
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Jorge Galán and Janet Hendrickson: "Winter"
5 min
277
Sir Walter Scott: From "The Lady of the Lake" C...
4 min
278
John Iremil Teodoro and Luisa A. Igloria: “Ling...
4 min
279
David Cruz and Anthony Geist: “Immigrants”
2 min
280
Shivanee Ramlochan: “The Meaning of Trees”
4 min
281
Rolando Kattan, Katherine M. Hedeen, and Víctor...
3 min
282
José Mármol and Eileen O’Connor: “Another April...
6 min
283
James Sacré and Youmna Chamieh: “One day writi...
2 min
284
Margaret Fuller: “Freedom and Truth”
2 min
285
Tu Fu translated by Marilyn Chin: “Song of My H...
6 min
286
Bejan Matur and Eleanor Wright: “As Though”
3 min
287
Najwan Darwish and Kareem James Abu-Zeid: “In t...
3 min
288
Immanuel Mifsud and Ruth Ward: “Stone”
4 min
289
Yolanda Castaño and Samantha Schnee: “Wheel of ...
5 min
290
Damir Šodan and James Meetze: “Poetry in Small...
4 min
291
Dante Gabriel Rossetti: “Sonnet LIX: Love’s Las...
3 min
292
Yaxkin Melchy Ramos and Marcelo Hernandez Casti...
8 min
293
Andrea Cote and Craig Epplin: “Somber Bull”
4 min
294
Tomica Bajsić and Nina Bajsić: “When You Hit Yo...
3 min
295
Anthony Joseph: “Empires”
2 min
296
Katerina Iliopoulou and Jackson Watson: “Cape T...
4 min
297
Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa: “The Wicked Lady”
2 min
298
Lola Ridge: From “IV. The Stone” [The morning c...
4 min
299
Guest Editor Interview: September 2025 Guest Ed...
13 min
300
Léonie Adams: “Early Waking”
3 min