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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Alexander Pushkin: "A Nereid"
2 min
277
David Roderick: "Message for Jim in Syria [Fall...
3 min
278
Blas Falconer: "This is Not a Horse"
3 min
279
Hua Xi: "A Bookshelf"
2 min
280
Guest Editor Interview: October 2025 Guest Edit...
14 min
281
Rodney Saint-Éloi and Nathalie Handal: From “Ch...
3 min
282
María Auxiliadora Álvarez and Andrés Fernández:...
4 min
283
Herman Melville: "Art,"
2 min
284
Huy Tưởng and Phương Anh: "final final night"
3 min
285
Marcelo Morales and Kristin Dykstra: "[Untitled]"
4 min
286
Antonella Anedda and Gioia Guerzoni: "2022, Jan...
3 min
287
Samira Negrouche: "Poem of September 24"
3 min
288
Nisrine Mbarki Ben-Ayad and Michele Hutchison:...
6 min
289
Jorge Galán and Janet Hendrickson: "Winter"
5 min
290
Sir Walter Scott: From "The Lady of the Lake" C...
4 min
291
John Iremil Teodoro and Luisa A. Igloria: “Ling...
4 min
292
David Cruz and Anthony Geist: “Immigrants”
2 min
293
Shivanee Ramlochan: “The Meaning of Trees”
4 min
294
Rolando Kattan, Katherine M. Hedeen, and Víctor...
3 min
295
José Mármol and Eileen O’Connor: “Another April...
6 min
296
James Sacré and Youmna Chamieh: “One day writi...
2 min
297
Margaret Fuller: “Freedom and Truth”
2 min
298
Tu Fu translated by Marilyn Chin: “Song of My H...
6 min
299
Bejan Matur and Eleanor Wright: “As Though”
3 min
300
Najwan Darwish and Kareem James Abu-Zeid: “In t...
3 min