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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John Iremil Teodoro and Luisa A. Igloria: “Ling...
4 min
127
David Cruz and Anthony Geist: “Immigrants”
2 min
128
Shivanee Ramlochan: “The Meaning of Trees”
4 min
129
Rolando Kattan, Katherine M. Hedeen, and Víctor...
3 min
130
José Mármol and Eileen O’Connor: “Another April...
6 min
131
James Sacré and Youmna Chamieh: “One day writi...
2 min
132
Margaret Fuller: “Freedom and Truth”
2 min
133
Tu Fu translated by Marilyn Chin: “Song of My H...
6 min
134
Bejan Matur and Eleanor Wright: “As Though”
3 min
135
Najwan Darwish and Kareem James Abu-Zeid: “In t...
3 min
136
Immanuel Mifsud and Ruth Ward: “Stone”
4 min
137
Yolanda Castaño and Samantha Schnee: “Wheel of ...
5 min
138
Damir Šodan and James Meetze: “Poetry in Small...
4 min
139
Dante Gabriel Rossetti: “Sonnet LIX: Love’s Las...
3 min
140
Yaxkin Melchy Ramos and Marcelo Hernandez Casti...
8 min
141
Andrea Cote and Craig Epplin: “Somber Bull”
4 min
142
Tomica Bajsić and Nina Bajsić: “When You Hit Yo...
3 min
143
Anthony Joseph: “Empires”
2 min
144
Katerina Iliopoulou and Jackson Watson: “Cape T...
4 min
145
Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa: “The Wicked Lady”
2 min
146
Lola Ridge: From “IV. The Stone” [The morning c...
4 min
147
Guest Editor Interview: September 2025 Guest Ed...
13 min
148
Léonie Adams: “Early Waking”
3 min
149
Geoffrey Brock: “Goodbye”
2 min
150
Atsuro Riley: “We Be Ludere”
1 min