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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Vita Sackville-West: “Song: Let Us Go Back”
2 min
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Deborah Hauser: “Never Admit Your Mistakes”
2 min
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Keisha-Gaye Anderson: “We Dreamed You”
2 min
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Maya Marshall: “The Collection Room”
2 min
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Dior J. Stephens: “a letter to charlie parker”
2 min
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Ama Codjoe: “Come One, Come All! Step Right Up!...
3 min
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Mónica Gomery: “The End Is the Beginning”
4 min
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Guest Editor Interview: June 2025 Guest Editor ...
20 min
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Kirun Kapur: “Rajat Jayanti”
2 min
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Yusef Komunyakaa: “Frida’s Earth Mother”
4 min
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Brandy Nālani McDougall: “returning”
3 min
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Major Jackson: “Addiction”
2 min
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Christopher Buckley: “Desire”
3 min
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Mark Jarman: “The Mermaid”
2 min
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Joy Ladin: “Forgetting”
3 min
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Pramila Venkateswaran: “Body Language”
3 min
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Julia Kolchinsky: “Naming”
4 min
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Tarfia Faizullah: “Wait Until It Grows Roots”
1 min
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Naomi Shihab Nye: “In a Village in the West Bank”
4 min
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Vievee Francis: “The Poems Repeat as Dreams as ...
2 min
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Robin Coste Lewis: “Cavafy in Compton/Closet An...
4 min
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Gloria Gervitz, translated by Mark Schafer: Fro...
6 min
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Varsha Saraiya-Shah: “Anthem for America”
4 min
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Edward Hirsch: “My First Bookstore”
4 min
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David St. John: “Venetian Farewells”
4 min