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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Rolando Kattan, Katherine M. Hedeen, and Víctor...
3 min
77
José Mármol and Eileen O’Connor: “Another April...
6 min
78
James Sacré and Youmna Chamieh: “One day writi...
2 min
79
Margaret Fuller: “Freedom and Truth”
2 min
80
Tu Fu translated by Marilyn Chin: “Song of My H...
6 min
81
Bejan Matur and Eleanor Wright: “As Though”
3 min
82
Najwan Darwish and Kareem James Abu-Zeid: “In t...
3 min
83
Immanuel Mifsud and Ruth Ward: “Stone”
4 min
84
Yolanda Castaño and Samantha Schnee: “Wheel of ...
5 min
85
Damir Šodan and James Meetze: “Poetry in Small...
4 min
86
Dante Gabriel Rossetti: “Sonnet LIX: Love’s Las...
3 min
87
Yaxkin Melchy Ramos and Marcelo Hernandez Casti...
8 min
88
Andrea Cote and Craig Epplin: “Somber Bull”
4 min
89
Tomica Bajsić and Nina Bajsić: “When You Hit Yo...
3 min
90
Anthony Joseph: “Empires”
2 min
91
Katerina Iliopoulou and Jackson Watson: “Cape T...
4 min
92
Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa: “The Wicked Lady”
2 min
93
Lola Ridge: From “IV. The Stone” [The morning c...
4 min
94
Guest Editor Interview: September 2025 Guest Ed...
13 min
95
Léonie Adams: “Early Waking”
3 min
96
Geoffrey Brock: “Goodbye”
2 min
97
Atsuro Riley: “We Be Ludere”
1 min
98
Ari Banias: “Task”
3 min
99
Brian Tierney: “Catering”
4 min
100
Cate Marvin: “The Truth”
2 min