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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John Iremil Teodoro and Luisa A. Igloria: “Ling...
4 min
202
David Cruz and Anthony Geist: “Immigrants”
2 min
203
Shivanee Ramlochan: “The Meaning of Trees”
4 min
204
Rolando Kattan, Katherine M. Hedeen, and Víctor...
3 min
205
José Mármol and Eileen O’Connor: “Another April...
6 min
206
James Sacré and Youmna Chamieh: “One day writi...
2 min
207
Margaret Fuller: “Freedom and Truth”
2 min
208
Tu Fu translated by Marilyn Chin: “Song of My H...
6 min
209
Bejan Matur and Eleanor Wright: “As Though”
3 min
210
Najwan Darwish and Kareem James Abu-Zeid: “In t...
3 min
211
Immanuel Mifsud and Ruth Ward: “Stone”
4 min
212
Yolanda Castaño and Samantha Schnee: “Wheel of ...
5 min
213
Damir Šodan and James Meetze: “Poetry in Small...
4 min
214
Dante Gabriel Rossetti: “Sonnet LIX: Love’s Las...
3 min
215
Yaxkin Melchy Ramos and Marcelo Hernandez Casti...
8 min
216
Andrea Cote and Craig Epplin: “Somber Bull”
4 min
217
Tomica Bajsić and Nina Bajsić: “When You Hit Yo...
3 min
218
Anthony Joseph: “Empires”
2 min
219
Katerina Iliopoulou and Jackson Watson: “Cape T...
4 min
220
Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa: “The Wicked Lady”
2 min
221
Lola Ridge: From “IV. The Stone” [The morning c...
4 min
222
Guest Editor Interview: September 2025 Guest Ed...
13 min
223
Léonie Adams: “Early Waking”
3 min
224
Geoffrey Brock: “Goodbye”
2 min
225
Atsuro Riley: “We Be Ludere”
1 min