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
151
Najwan Darwish and Kareem James Abu-Zeid: “In t...
3 min
152
Immanuel Mifsud and Ruth Ward: “Stone”
4 min
153
Yolanda Castaño and Samantha Schnee: “Wheel of ...
5 min
154
Damir Šodan and James Meetze: “Poetry in Small...
4 min
155
Dante Gabriel Rossetti: “Sonnet LIX: Love’s Las...
3 min
156
Yaxkin Melchy Ramos and Marcelo Hernandez Casti...
8 min
157
Andrea Cote and Craig Epplin: “Somber Bull”
4 min
158
Tomica Bajsić and Nina Bajsić: “When You Hit Yo...
3 min
159
Anthony Joseph: “Empires”
2 min
160
Katerina Iliopoulou and Jackson Watson: “Cape T...
4 min
161
Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa: “The Wicked Lady”
2 min
162
Guest Editor Interview: September 2025 Guest Ed...
13 min
163
Lola Ridge: From “IV. The Stone” [The morning c...
4 min
164
Léonie Adams: “Early Waking”
3 min
165
Geoffrey Brock: “Goodbye”
2 min
166
Atsuro Riley: “We Be Ludere”
1 min
167
Ari Banias: “Task”
3 min
168
Brian Tierney: “Catering”
4 min
169
Cate Marvin: “The Truth”
2 min
170
Sharon Olds: “Boxer Aria”
3 min
171
Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy: “The Wolves”
4 min
172
Wayne Miller: “Theological”
2 min
173
Armen Davoudian: “Hot Springs”
2 min
174
Paul Tran: “Eros”
4 min
175
Aaron Smith: “I’m Dating a Man Who’s Married”
2 min