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
201
Aldous Huxley: "The Burning Wheel"
4 min
202
Alexander Pushkin: "A Nereid"
2 min
203
David Roderick: "Message for Jim in Syria [Fall...
3 min
204
Blas Falconer: "This is Not a Horse"
3 min
205
Hua Xi: "A Bookshelf"
2 min
206
Rodney Saint-Éloi and Nathalie Handal: From “Ch...
3 min
207
Guest Editor Interview: October 2025 Guest Edit...
14 min
208
María Auxiliadora Álvarez and Andrés Fernández:...
4 min
209
Herman Melville: "Art,"
2 min
210
Huy Tưởng and Phương Anh: "final final night"
3 min
211
Marcelo Morales and Kristin Dykstra: "[Untitled]"
4 min
212
Antonella Anedda and Gioia Guerzoni: "2022, Jan...
3 min
213
Samira Negrouche: "Poem of September 24"
3 min
214
Nisrine Mbarki Ben-Ayad and Michele Hutchison:...
6 min
215
Jorge Galán and Janet Hendrickson: "Winter"
5 min
216
Sir Walter Scott: From "The Lady of the Lake" C...
4 min
217
John Iremil Teodoro and Luisa A. Igloria: “Ling...
4 min
218
David Cruz and Anthony Geist: “Immigrants”
2 min
219
Shivanee Ramlochan: “The Meaning of Trees”
4 min
220
Rolando Kattan, Katherine M. Hedeen, and Víctor...
3 min
221
José Mármol and Eileen O’Connor: “Another April...
6 min
222
James Sacré and Youmna Chamieh: “One day writi...
2 min
223
Margaret Fuller: “Freedom and Truth”
2 min
224
Tu Fu translated by Marilyn Chin: “Song of My H...
6 min
225
Bejan Matur and Eleanor Wright: “As Though”
3 min