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
351
John Iremil Teodoro and Luisa A. Igloria: “Ling...
4 min
352
David Cruz and Anthony Geist: “Immigrants”
2 min
353
Shivanee Ramlochan: “The Meaning of Trees”
4 min
354
Rolando Kattan, Katherine M. Hedeen, and Víctor...
3 min
355
José Mármol and Eileen O’Connor: “Another April...
6 min
356
James Sacré and Youmna Chamieh: “One day writi...
2 min
357
Margaret Fuller: “Freedom and Truth”
2 min
358
Tu Fu translated by Marilyn Chin: “Song of My H...
6 min
359
Bejan Matur and Eleanor Wright: “As Though”
3 min
360
Najwan Darwish and Kareem James Abu-Zeid: “In t...
3 min
361
Immanuel Mifsud and Ruth Ward: “Stone”
4 min
362
Yolanda Castaño and Samantha Schnee: “Wheel of ...
5 min
363
Damir Šodan and James Meetze: “Poetry in Small...
4 min
364
Dante Gabriel Rossetti: “Sonnet LIX: Love’s Las...
3 min
365
Yaxkin Melchy Ramos and Marcelo Hernandez Casti...
8 min
366
Andrea Cote and Craig Epplin: “Somber Bull”
4 min
367
Tomica Bajsić and Nina Bajsić: “When You Hit Yo...
3 min
368
Anthony Joseph: “Empires”
2 min
369
Katerina Iliopoulou and Jackson Watson: “Cape T...
4 min
370
Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa: “The Wicked Lady”
2 min
371
Guest Editor Interview: September 2025 Guest Ed...
13 min
372
Lola Ridge: From “IV. The Stone” [The morning c...
4 min
373
Léonie Adams: “Early Waking”
3 min
374
Geoffrey Brock: “Goodbye”
2 min
375
Atsuro Riley: “We Be Ludere”
1 min