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
Bejan Matur and Eleanor Wright: “As Though”
3 min
2
Najwan Darwish and Kareem James Abu-Zeid: “In t...
3 min
3
Immanuel Mifsud and Ruth Ward: “Stone”
4 min
4
Yolanda Castaño and Samantha Schnee: “Wheel of ...
5 min
5
Damir Šodan and James Meetze: “Poetry in Small...
4 min
6
Dante Gabriel Rossetti: “Sonnet LIX: Love’s Las...
3 min
7
Yaxkin Melchy Ramos and Marcelo Hernandez Casti...
8 min
8
Andrea Cote and Craig Epplin: “Somber Bull”
4 min
9
Tomica Bajsić and Nina Bajsić: “When You Hit Yo...
3 min
10
Anthony Joseph: “Empires”
2 min
11
Katerina Iliopoulou and Jackson Watson: “Cape T...
4 min
12
Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa: “The Wicked Lady”
2 min
13
Lola Ridge: From “IV. The Stone” [The morning c...
4 min
14
Guest Editor Interview: September 2025 Guest Ed...
13 min
15
Léonie Adams: “Early Waking”
3 min
16
Geoffrey Brock: “Goodbye”
2 min
17
Atsuro Riley: “We Be Ludere”
1 min
18
Ari Banias: “Task”
3 min
19
Brian Tierney: “Catering”
4 min
20
Cate Marvin: “The Truth”
2 min
21
Sharon Olds: “Boxer Aria”
3 min
22
Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy: “The Wolves”
4 min
23
Wayne Miller: “Theological”
2 min
24
Armen Davoudian: “Hot Springs”
2 min
25
Paul Tran: “Eros”
4 min