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.
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Zeina Hashem Beck: "Standup Sonnet"
4 min
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Aldous Huxley: "The Burning Wheel"
4 min
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Alexander Pushkin: "A Nereid"
2 min
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David Roderick: "Message for Jim in Syria [Fall...
3 min
105
Blas Falconer: "This is Not a Horse"
3 min
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Hua Xi: "A Bookshelf"
2 min
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Guest Editor Interview: October 2025 Guest Edit...
14 min
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Rodney Saint-Éloi and Nathalie Handal: From “Ch...
3 min
109
María Auxiliadora Álvarez and Andrés Fernández:...
4 min
110
Herman Melville: "Art,"
2 min
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Huy Tưởng and Phương Anh: "final final night"
3 min
112
Marcelo Morales and Kristin Dykstra: "[Untitled]"
4 min
113
Antonella Anedda and Gioia Guerzoni: "2022, Jan...
3 min
114
Samira Negrouche: "Poem of September 24"
3 min
115
Nisrine Mbarki Ben-Ayad and Michele Hutchison:...
6 min
116
Jorge Galán and Janet Hendrickson: "Winter"
5 min
117
Sir Walter Scott: From "The Lady of the Lake" C...
4 min
118
John Iremil Teodoro and Luisa A. Igloria: “Ling...
4 min
119
David Cruz and Anthony Geist: “Immigrants”
2 min
120
Shivanee Ramlochan: “The Meaning of Trees”
4 min
121
Rolando Kattan, Katherine M. Hedeen, and Víctor...
3 min
122
José Mármol and Eileen O’Connor: “Another April...
6 min
123
James Sacré and Youmna Chamieh: “One day writi...
2 min
124
Margaret Fuller: “Freedom and Truth”
2 min
125
Tu Fu translated by Marilyn Chin: “Song of My H...
6 min