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