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
276
Nisrine Mbarki Ben-Ayad and Michele Hutchison:...
6 min
277
Jorge Galán and Janet Hendrickson: "Winter"
5 min
278
Sir Walter Scott: From "The Lady of the Lake" C...
4 min
279
John Iremil Teodoro and Luisa A. Igloria: “Ling...
4 min
280
David Cruz and Anthony Geist: “Immigrants”
2 min
281
Shivanee Ramlochan: “The Meaning of Trees”
4 min
282
Rolando Kattan, Katherine M. Hedeen, and Víctor...
3 min
283
José Mármol and Eileen O’Connor: “Another April...
6 min
284
James Sacré and Youmna Chamieh: “One day writi...
2 min
285
Margaret Fuller: “Freedom and Truth”
2 min
286
Tu Fu translated by Marilyn Chin: “Song of My H...
6 min
287
Bejan Matur and Eleanor Wright: “As Though”
3 min
288
Najwan Darwish and Kareem James Abu-Zeid: “In t...
3 min
289
Immanuel Mifsud and Ruth Ward: “Stone”
4 min
290
Yolanda Castaño and Samantha Schnee: “Wheel of ...
5 min
291
Damir Šodan and James Meetze: “Poetry in Small...
4 min
292
Dante Gabriel Rossetti: “Sonnet LIX: Love’s Las...
3 min
293
Yaxkin Melchy Ramos and Marcelo Hernandez Casti...
8 min
294
Andrea Cote and Craig Epplin: “Somber Bull”
4 min
295
Tomica Bajsić and Nina Bajsić: “When You Hit Yo...
3 min
296
Anthony Joseph: “Empires”
2 min
297
Katerina Iliopoulou and Jackson Watson: “Cape T...
4 min
298
Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa: “The Wicked Lady”
2 min
299
Lola Ridge: From “IV. The Stone” [The morning c...
4 min
300
Guest Editor Interview: September 2025 Guest Ed...
13 min