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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Abe Louise Young: “Who”
2 min
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Douglas Kearney: “There’s no ‘sass’ in “dissoci...
2 min
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Chet’la Sebree: “An End”
3 min
279
Lillian-Yvonne Bertram: “Black Pastoral”
3 min
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Antoinette Brim-Bell: “Insomniac Tankas”
2 min
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Djuna Barnes: “I’d Have You Think of Me”
3 min
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Victor Hugo: “Truth”
7 min
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Keith S. Wilson: “there aren’t enough idioms ab...
2 min
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Andrea Rexilius: “The Way the Language Was”
2 min
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Bettina Judd: “A Poem about Home”
3 min
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DaMaris B. Hill: “Come. Pray. Know”
3 min
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Guest Editor Interview: July 2025 Guest Editor ...
16 min
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Anahita Monfared: “The Manic Depressive’s Alpha...
6 min
289
Sappho: “[It was summer when I found you]”
2 min
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Lord Alfred Douglas: “Wine of Summer”
6 min
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Anja Mei-Ping Kuipers: “After a Rochester Wedding”
3 min
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francine j. harris: “There are inanimate things...
3 min
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DéLana R. A. Dameron: “When Mama died, I lost m...
3 min
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C. Russell Price: “I Decide to Tell Ghost Cowbo...
2 min
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Yalie Saweda Kamara: “Trim”
2 min
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Louise Bogan: “The Alchemist”
2 min
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Mikhail Kuzmin: “Night Was Done”
3 min
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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