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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Bejan Matur and Eleanor Wright: “As Though”
3 min
77
Najwan Darwish and Kareem James Abu-Zeid: “In t...
3 min
78
Immanuel Mifsud and Ruth Ward: “Stone”
4 min
79
Yolanda Castaño and Samantha Schnee: “Wheel of ...
5 min
80
Damir Šodan and James Meetze: “Poetry in Small...
4 min
81
Dante Gabriel Rossetti: “Sonnet LIX: Love’s Las...
3 min
82
Yaxkin Melchy Ramos and Marcelo Hernandez Casti...
8 min
83
Andrea Cote and Craig Epplin: “Somber Bull”
4 min
84
Tomica Bajsić and Nina Bajsić: “When You Hit Yo...
3 min
85
Anthony Joseph: “Empires”
2 min
86
Katerina Iliopoulou and Jackson Watson: “Cape T...
4 min
87
Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa: “The Wicked Lady”
2 min
88
Lola Ridge: From “IV. The Stone” [The morning c...
4 min
89
Guest Editor Interview: September 2025 Guest Ed...
13 min
90
Léonie Adams: “Early Waking”
3 min
91
Geoffrey Brock: “Goodbye”
2 min
92
Atsuro Riley: “We Be Ludere”
1 min
93
Ari Banias: “Task”
3 min
94
Brian Tierney: “Catering”
4 min
95
Cate Marvin: “The Truth”
2 min
96
Sharon Olds: “Boxer Aria”
3 min
97
Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy: “The Wolves”
4 min
98
Wayne Miller: “Theological”
2 min
99
Armen Davoudian: “Hot Springs”
2 min
100
Paul Tran: “Eros”
4 min