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.
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Angela Narciso Torres: "Late Bird"
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AE Hines: "Peace Treaty"
3 min
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Daniel B. Summerhill: "Boplicity or Jimmy Throw...
4 min
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Jenny George: "Touching and Being Touched"
2 min
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Maggie Smith: "This human life"
3 min
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Leonora Speyer: "She says, being forbidden:"
2 min
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Guest Editor Interview: March 2026 Guest Editor...
17 min
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Horace Gregory: "Interior: The Suburbs"
3 min
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Salem al-Okaly, translated by Khaled Mattawa: "...
5 min
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Sanam Sheriff: "The Emperor Pats His Lips with ...
3 min
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Mary-Alice Daniel: "Ancestor Syndrome"
4 min
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Kwame Dawes: "Window Art"
3 min
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Ladan Osman: "[ ]"
3 min
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Pindar, translated by Ernest Myers: "For Asopic...
4 min
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Robert Bridges: "[The evening darkens over]"
3 min
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Siwar Masannat: From “With Al-Hudoud” [From abo...
2 min
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Ashaki M. Jackson: “Four planets (but no moon) ...
3 min
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Rabha Ashry: "the art of losing"
4 min
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Rigoberto González: "Lessons at the Legendary I...
2 min
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Sharan Strange: "Two-Faced Memory"
3 min
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Countee Cullen: "Bright Bindings"
2 min
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Sappho, translated by Bliss Carman: "[I seek an...
2 min
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David Campos: "Kiss. Baptism."
3 min
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Wana Udobang: "Dissonance"
3 min
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Tyree Daye: "Again"
2 min