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 Thea Matthews. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.
1
Shivanee Ramlochan: “The Meaning of Trees”
4 min
2
Rolando Kattan, Katherine M. Hedeen, and Víctor...
3 min
3
José Mármol and Eileen O’Connor: “Another April...
6 min
4
James Sacré and Youmna Chamieh: “One day writi...
2 min
5
Margaret Fuller: “Freedom and Truth”
2 min
6
Tu Fu translated by Marilyn Chin: “Song of My H...
6 min
7
Bejan Matur and Eleanor Wright: “As Though”
3 min
8
Najwan Darwish and Kareem James Abu-Zeid: “In t...
3 min
9
Immanuel Mifsud and Ruth Ward: “Stone”
4 min
10
Yolanda Castaño and Samantha Schnee: “Wheel of ...
5 min
11
Damir Šodan and James Meetze: “Poetry in Small...
4 min
12
Dante Gabriel Rossetti: “Sonnet LIX: Love’s Las...
3 min
13
Yaxkin Melchy Ramos and Marcelo Hernandez Casti...
8 min
14
Andrea Cote and Craig Epplin: “Somber Bull”
4 min
15
Tomica Bajsić and Nina Bajsić: “When You Hit Yo...
3 min
16
Anthony Joseph: “Empires”
2 min
17
Katerina Iliopoulou and Jackson Watson: “Cape T...
4 min
18
Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa: “The Wicked Lady”
2 min
19
Guest Editor Interview: September 2025 Guest Ed...
13 min
20
Lola Ridge: From “IV. The Stone” [The morning c...
4 min
21
Léonie Adams: “Early Waking”
3 min
22
Geoffrey Brock: “Goodbye”
2 min
23
Atsuro Riley: “We Be Ludere”
1 min
24
Ari Banias: “Task”
3 min
25
Brian Tierney: “Catering”
4 min