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