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
126
Shivanee Ramlochan: “The Meaning of Trees”
4 min
127
Rolando Kattan, Katherine M. Hedeen, and Víctor...
3 min
128
José Mármol and Eileen O’Connor: “Another April...
6 min
129
James Sacré and Youmna Chamieh: “One day writi...
2 min
130
Margaret Fuller: “Freedom and Truth”
2 min
131
Tu Fu translated by Marilyn Chin: “Song of My H...
6 min
132
Bejan Matur and Eleanor Wright: “As Though”
3 min
133
Najwan Darwish and Kareem James Abu-Zeid: “In t...
3 min
134
Immanuel Mifsud and Ruth Ward: “Stone”
4 min
135
Yolanda Castaño and Samantha Schnee: “Wheel of ...
5 min
136
Damir Šodan and James Meetze: “Poetry in Small...
4 min
137
Dante Gabriel Rossetti: “Sonnet LIX: Love’s Las...
3 min
138
Yaxkin Melchy Ramos and Marcelo Hernandez Casti...
8 min
139
Andrea Cote and Craig Epplin: “Somber Bull”
4 min
140
Tomica Bajsić and Nina Bajsić: “When You Hit Yo...
3 min
141
Anthony Joseph: “Empires”
2 min
142
Katerina Iliopoulou and Jackson Watson: “Cape T...
4 min
143
Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa: “The Wicked Lady”
2 min
144
Lola Ridge: From “IV. The Stone” [The morning c...
4 min
145
Guest Editor Interview: September 2025 Guest Ed...
13 min
146
Léonie Adams: “Early Waking”
3 min
147
Geoffrey Brock: “Goodbye”
2 min
148
Atsuro Riley: “We Be Ludere”
1 min
149
Ari Banias: “Task”
3 min
150
Brian Tierney: “Catering”
4 min