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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Sir Walter Scott: From "The Lady of the Lake" C...
4 min
52
John Iremil Teodoro and Luisa A. Igloria: “Ling...
4 min
53
David Cruz and Anthony Geist: “Immigrants”
2 min
54
Shivanee Ramlochan: “The Meaning of Trees”
4 min
55
Rolando Kattan, Katherine M. Hedeen, and Víctor...
3 min
56
José Mármol and Eileen O’Connor: “Another April...
6 min
57
James Sacré and Youmna Chamieh: “One day writi...
2 min
58
Margaret Fuller: “Freedom and Truth”
2 min
59
Tu Fu translated by Marilyn Chin: “Song of My H...
6 min
60
Bejan Matur and Eleanor Wright: “As Though”
3 min
61
Najwan Darwish and Kareem James Abu-Zeid: “In t...
3 min
62
Immanuel Mifsud and Ruth Ward: “Stone”
4 min
63
Yolanda Castaño and Samantha Schnee: “Wheel of ...
5 min
64
Damir Šodan and James Meetze: “Poetry in Small...
4 min
65
Dante Gabriel Rossetti: “Sonnet LIX: Love’s Las...
3 min
66
Yaxkin Melchy Ramos and Marcelo Hernandez Casti...
8 min
67
Andrea Cote and Craig Epplin: “Somber Bull”
4 min
68
Tomica Bajsić and Nina Bajsić: “When You Hit Yo...
3 min
69
Anthony Joseph: “Empires”
2 min
70
Katerina Iliopoulou and Jackson Watson: “Cape T...
4 min
71
Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa: “The Wicked Lady”
2 min
72
Lola Ridge: From “IV. The Stone” [The morning c...
4 min
73
Guest Editor Interview: September 2025 Guest Ed...
13 min
74
Léonie Adams: “Early Waking”
3 min
75
Geoffrey Brock: “Goodbye”
2 min