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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Victor Hugo: “Truth”
7 min
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Keith S. Wilson: “there aren’t enough idioms ab...
2 min
278
Andrea Rexilius: “The Way the Language Was”
2 min
279
Bettina Judd: “A Poem about Home”
3 min
280
DaMaris B. Hill: “Come. Pray. Know”
3 min
281
Anahita Monfared: “The Manic Depressive’s Alpha...
6 min
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Guest Editor Interview: July 2025 Guest Editor ...
16 min
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Sappho: “[It was summer when I found you]”
2 min
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Lord Alfred Douglas: “Wine of Summer”
6 min
285
Anja Mei-Ping Kuipers: “After a Rochester Wedding”
3 min
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francine j. harris: “There are inanimate things...
3 min
287
DéLana R. A. Dameron: “When Mama died, I lost m...
3 min
288
C. Russell Price: “I Decide to Tell Ghost Cowbo...
2 min
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Yalie Saweda Kamara: “Trim”
2 min
290
Louise Bogan: “The Alchemist”
2 min
291
Mikhail Kuzmin: “Night Was Done”
3 min
292
Hílda Davis: “Pilate ponders where she belongs”
2 min
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Jari Bradley: “You Can Light a Fire Without a M...
4 min
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Airea D. Matthews: “Altitude”
2 min
295
Logan February: “I Woke You with Wagner,”
3 min
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Kaveh Akbar: “Love Poem with Tumor and Petrifie...
3 min
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Jericho Brown: “Reunion Tour”
2 min
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John Berryman: “The Possessed”
4 min
299
Wes Matthews: “Immortality”
3 min
300
Jen DeGregorio: “No Isms Except Neologism”
4 min