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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David Cruz and Anthony Geist: “Immigrants”
2 min
152
Shivanee Ramlochan: “The Meaning of Trees”
4 min
153
Rolando Kattan, Katherine M. Hedeen, and Víctor...
3 min
154
José Mármol and Eileen O’Connor: “Another April...
6 min
155
James Sacré and Youmna Chamieh: “One day writi...
2 min
156
Margaret Fuller: “Freedom and Truth”
2 min
157
Tu Fu translated by Marilyn Chin: “Song of My H...
6 min
158
Bejan Matur and Eleanor Wright: “As Though”
3 min
159
Najwan Darwish and Kareem James Abu-Zeid: “In t...
3 min
160
Immanuel Mifsud and Ruth Ward: “Stone”
4 min
161
Yolanda Castaño and Samantha Schnee: “Wheel of ...
5 min
162
Damir Šodan and James Meetze: “Poetry in Small...
4 min
163
Dante Gabriel Rossetti: “Sonnet LIX: Love’s Las...
3 min
164
Yaxkin Melchy Ramos and Marcelo Hernandez Casti...
8 min
165
Andrea Cote and Craig Epplin: “Somber Bull”
4 min
166
Tomica Bajsić and Nina Bajsić: “When You Hit Yo...
3 min
167
Anthony Joseph: “Empires”
2 min
168
Katerina Iliopoulou and Jackson Watson: “Cape T...
4 min
169
Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa: “The Wicked Lady”
2 min
170
Lola Ridge: From “IV. The Stone” [The morning c...
4 min
171
Guest Editor Interview: September 2025 Guest Ed...
13 min
172
Léonie Adams: “Early Waking”
3 min
173
Geoffrey Brock: “Goodbye”
2 min
174
Atsuro Riley: “We Be Ludere”
1 min
175
Ari Banias: “Task”
3 min