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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David Roderick: "Message for Jim in Syria [Fall...
3 min
77
Blas Falconer: "This is Not a Horse"
3 min
78
Hua Xi: "A Bookshelf"
2 min
79
Rodney Saint-Éloi and Nathalie Handal: From “Ch...
3 min
80
Guest Editor Interview: October 2025 Guest Edit...
14 min
81
María Auxiliadora Álvarez and Andrés Fernández:...
4 min
82
Herman Melville: "Art,"
2 min
83
Huy Tưởng and Phương Anh: "final final night"
3 min
84
Marcelo Morales and Kristin Dykstra: "[Untitled]"
4 min
85
Antonella Anedda and Gioia Guerzoni: "2022, Jan...
3 min
86
Samira Negrouche: "Poem of September 24"
3 min
87
Nisrine Mbarki Ben-Ayad and Michele Hutchison:...
6 min
88
Jorge Galán and Janet Hendrickson: "Winter"
5 min
89
Sir Walter Scott: From "The Lady of the Lake" C...
4 min
90
John Iremil Teodoro and Luisa A. Igloria: “Ling...
4 min
91
David Cruz and Anthony Geist: “Immigrants”
2 min
92
Shivanee Ramlochan: “The Meaning of Trees”
4 min
93
Rolando Kattan, Katherine M. Hedeen, and Víctor...
3 min
94
José Mármol and Eileen O’Connor: “Another April...
6 min
95
James Sacré and Youmna Chamieh: “One day writi...
2 min
96
Margaret Fuller: “Freedom and Truth”
2 min
97
Tu Fu translated by Marilyn Chin: “Song of My H...
6 min
98
Bejan Matur and Eleanor Wright: “As Though”
3 min
99
Najwan Darwish and Kareem James Abu-Zeid: “In t...
3 min
100
Immanuel Mifsud and Ruth Ward: “Stone”
4 min