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
326
James Sacré and Youmna Chamieh: “One day writi...
2 min
327
Margaret Fuller: “Freedom and Truth”
2 min
328
Tu Fu translated by Marilyn Chin: “Song of My H...
6 min
329
Bejan Matur and Eleanor Wright: “As Though”
3 min
330
Najwan Darwish and Kareem James Abu-Zeid: “In t...
3 min
331
Immanuel Mifsud and Ruth Ward: “Stone”
4 min
332
Yolanda Castaño and Samantha Schnee: “Wheel of ...
5 min
333
Damir Šodan and James Meetze: “Poetry in Small...
4 min
334
Dante Gabriel Rossetti: “Sonnet LIX: Love’s Las...
3 min
335
Yaxkin Melchy Ramos and Marcelo Hernandez Casti...
8 min
336
Andrea Cote and Craig Epplin: “Somber Bull”
4 min
337
Tomica Bajsić and Nina Bajsić: “When You Hit Yo...
3 min
338
Anthony Joseph: “Empires”
2 min
339
Katerina Iliopoulou and Jackson Watson: “Cape T...
4 min
340
Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa: “The Wicked Lady”
2 min
341
Guest Editor Interview: September 2025 Guest Ed...
13 min
342
Lola Ridge: From “IV. The Stone” [The morning c...
4 min
343
Léonie Adams: “Early Waking”
3 min
344
Geoffrey Brock: “Goodbye”
2 min
345
Atsuro Riley: “We Be Ludere”
1 min
346
Ari Banias: “Task”
3 min
347
Brian Tierney: “Catering”
4 min
348
Cate Marvin: “The Truth”
2 min
349
Sharon Olds: “Boxer Aria”
3 min
350
Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy: “The Wolves”
4 min