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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Alfred Kreymborg: “Those Everlasting Blues”
4 min
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Sandra Lim: “Cattiveria”
2 min
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Noah Warren: “Shuttle”
3 min
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Christian Gullette: “The Fates”
2 min
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Natalie Shapero: “Hansel or Gretel”
3 min
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Michael Dumanis: “Sehnsucht”
4 min
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Stanley Kunitz: “Passing Through”
3 min
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Li Bai: “The River-Merchant’s Wife: A Letter,” ...
4 min
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Miguel Murphy: “August”
2 min
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Jesse Nathan: “Panhandle”
3 min
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Leonel Sánchez Lopez: “What the Birds Do”
2 min
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Saeed Jones: “Self-Portrait as Hereboy, Sethe’s...
2 min
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Andrea Cohen: “Pastime ”
2 min
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Gertrude Stein: “Tender Buttons [Breakfast]”
8 min
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Vachel Lindsay: “Meeting Ourselves”
3 min
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Taylor Byas: “I begin the day thinking”
2 min
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Guest Editor Interview: August 2025 Guest Edito...
21 min
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Samantha Thornhill: “38. Shedding the Old”
3 min
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Lauren K. Alleyne: “Gift”
3 min
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Mary Jo Bang: “Madonna Overview”
3 min
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L. Lamar Wilson: “Lauren Oya Olamina Explains E...
4 min
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Philip Levine: “Breath”
4 min
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Else Lasker-Schüler: “Sphinx”
2 min
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Jeffrey Pethybridge: “Note on Method”
5 min
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Adrian Matejka: “16 Bars Poetica”
2 min