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