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
Yolanda Castaño and Samantha Schnee: “Wheel of ...
5 min
352
Damir Šodan and James Meetze: “Poetry in Small...
4 min
353
Dante Gabriel Rossetti: “Sonnet LIX: Love’s Las...
3 min
354
Yaxkin Melchy Ramos and Marcelo Hernandez Casti...
8 min
355
Andrea Cote and Craig Epplin: “Somber Bull”
4 min
356
Tomica Bajsić and Nina Bajsić: “When You Hit Yo...
3 min
357
Anthony Joseph: “Empires”
2 min
358
Katerina Iliopoulou and Jackson Watson: “Cape T...
4 min
359
Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa: “The Wicked Lady”
2 min
360
Guest Editor Interview: September 2025 Guest Ed...
13 min
361
Lola Ridge: From “IV. The Stone” [The morning c...
4 min
362
Léonie Adams: “Early Waking”
3 min
363
Geoffrey Brock: “Goodbye”
2 min
364
Atsuro Riley: “We Be Ludere”
1 min
365
Ari Banias: “Task”
3 min
366
Brian Tierney: “Catering”
4 min
367
Cate Marvin: “The Truth”
2 min
368
Sharon Olds: “Boxer Aria”
3 min
369
Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy: “The Wolves”
4 min
370
Wayne Miller: “Theological”
2 min
371
Armen Davoudian: “Hot Springs”
2 min
372
Paul Tran: “Eros”
4 min
373
Aaron Smith: “I’m Dating a Man Who’s Married”
2 min
374
D. A. Powell: “Rewilding”
2 min
375
Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Fate”
4 min