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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Shivanee Ramlochan: “The Meaning of Trees”
4 min
102
Rolando Kattan, Katherine M. Hedeen, and Víctor...
3 min
103
José Mármol and Eileen O’Connor: “Another April...
6 min
104
James Sacré and Youmna Chamieh: “One day writi...
2 min
105
Margaret Fuller: “Freedom and Truth”
2 min
106
Tu Fu translated by Marilyn Chin: “Song of My H...
6 min
107
Bejan Matur and Eleanor Wright: “As Though”
3 min
108
Najwan Darwish and Kareem James Abu-Zeid: “In t...
3 min
109
Immanuel Mifsud and Ruth Ward: “Stone”
4 min
110
Yolanda Castaño and Samantha Schnee: “Wheel of ...
5 min
111
Damir Šodan and James Meetze: “Poetry in Small...
4 min
112
Dante Gabriel Rossetti: “Sonnet LIX: Love’s Las...
3 min
113
Yaxkin Melchy Ramos and Marcelo Hernandez Casti...
8 min
114
Andrea Cote and Craig Epplin: “Somber Bull”
4 min
115
Tomica Bajsić and Nina Bajsić: “When You Hit Yo...
3 min
116
Anthony Joseph: “Empires”
2 min
117
Katerina Iliopoulou and Jackson Watson: “Cape T...
4 min
118
Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa: “The Wicked Lady”
2 min
119
Lola Ridge: From “IV. The Stone” [The morning c...
4 min
120
Guest Editor Interview: September 2025 Guest Ed...
13 min
121
Léonie Adams: “Early Waking”
3 min
122
Geoffrey Brock: “Goodbye”
2 min
123
Atsuro Riley: “We Be Ludere”
1 min
124
Ari Banias: “Task”
3 min
125
Brian Tierney: “Catering”
4 min