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