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
401
Samira Negrouche: "Poem of September 24"
3 min
402
Nisrine Mbarki Ben-Ayad and Michele Hutchison:...
6 min
403
Jorge Galán and Janet Hendrickson: "Winter"
5 min
404
Sir Walter Scott: From "The Lady of the Lake" C...
4 min
405
John Iremil Teodoro and Luisa A. Igloria: “Ling...
4 min
406
David Cruz and Anthony Geist: “Immigrants”
2 min
407
Shivanee Ramlochan: “The Meaning of Trees”
4 min
408
Rolando Kattan, Katherine M. Hedeen, and Víctor...
3 min
409
José Mármol and Eileen O’Connor: “Another April...
6 min
410
James Sacré and Youmna Chamieh: “One day writi...
2 min
411
Margaret Fuller: “Freedom and Truth”
2 min
412
Tu Fu translated by Marilyn Chin: “Song of My H...
6 min
413
Bejan Matur and Eleanor Wright: “As Though”
3 min
414
Najwan Darwish and Kareem James Abu-Zeid: “In t...
3 min
415
Immanuel Mifsud and Ruth Ward: “Stone”
4 min
416
Yolanda Castaño and Samantha Schnee: “Wheel of ...
5 min
417
Damir Šodan and James Meetze: “Poetry in Small...
4 min
418
Dante Gabriel Rossetti: “Sonnet LIX: Love’s Las...
3 min
419
Yaxkin Melchy Ramos and Marcelo Hernandez Casti...
8 min
420
Andrea Cote and Craig Epplin: “Somber Bull”
4 min
421
Tomica Bajsić and Nina Bajsić: “When You Hit Yo...
3 min
422
Anthony Joseph: “Empires”
2 min
423
Katerina Iliopoulou and Jackson Watson: “Cape T...
4 min
424
Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa: “The Wicked Lady”
2 min
425
Guest Editor Interview: September 2025 Guest Ed...
13 min