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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Anthony Joseph: “Empires”
2 min
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Katerina Iliopoulou and Jackson Watson: “Cape T...
4 min
278
Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa: “The Wicked Lady”
2 min
279
Lola Ridge: From “IV. The Stone” [The morning c...
4 min
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Guest Editor Interview: September 2025 Guest Ed...
13 min
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Léonie Adams: “Early Waking”
3 min
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Geoffrey Brock: “Goodbye”
2 min
283
Atsuro Riley: “We Be Ludere”
1 min
284
Ari Banias: “Task”
3 min
285
Brian Tierney: “Catering”
4 min
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Cate Marvin: “The Truth”
2 min
287
Sharon Olds: “Boxer Aria”
3 min
288
Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy: “The Wolves”
4 min
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Wayne Miller: “Theological”
2 min
290
Armen Davoudian: “Hot Springs”
2 min
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Paul Tran: “Eros”
4 min
292
Aaron Smith: “I’m Dating a Man Who’s Married”
2 min
293
D. A. Powell: “Rewilding”
2 min
294
Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Fate”
4 min
295
Alfred Kreymborg: “Those Everlasting Blues”
4 min
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Sandra Lim: “Cattiveria”
2 min
297
Noah Warren: “Shuttle”
3 min
298
Christian Gullette: “The Fates”
2 min
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Natalie Shapero: “Hansel or Gretel”
3 min
300
Michael Dumanis: “Sehnsucht”
4 min