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