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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Gertrude Stein: “Tender Buttons [Breakfast]”
8 min
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Vachel Lindsay: “Meeting Ourselves”
3 min
378
Taylor Byas: “I begin the day thinking”
2 min
379
Guest Editor Interview: August 2025 Guest Edito...
21 min
380
Samantha Thornhill: “38. Shedding the Old”
3 min
381
Lauren K. Alleyne: “Gift”
3 min
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Mary Jo Bang: “Madonna Overview”
3 min
383
L. Lamar Wilson: “Lauren Oya Olamina Explains E...
4 min
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Philip Levine: “Breath”
4 min
385
Else Lasker-Schüler: “Sphinx”
2 min
386
Jeffrey Pethybridge: “Note on Method”
5 min
387
Adrian Matejka: “16 Bars Poetica”
2 min
388
Kiki Petrosino: From “De Jure Sanguinis”
2 min
389
Fiona Templeton: “Why Say That”
3 min
390
Elisa Gabbert: “The Bridge”
2 min
391
Rainer Maria Rilke: “Put Out My Eyes”
2 min
392
Charles Baudelaire: “Obsession”
3 min
393
CM Burroughs: “One Way To Resurrect An Ancestor”
2 min
394
Christian Campbell: “My Grandmother’s Love Lett...
3 min
395
Kyla Marshell: “Somewhere Swimming”
2 min
396
Tommye Blount: “Karl Lagerfeld’s line of beauty”
4 min
397
Jzl Jmz: “Drenched in Reflection”
2 min
398
Adrienne Rich: “This Evening Let’s”
4 min
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Pierre Dupont: “A Serenade”
2 min
400
Abe Louise Young: “Who”
2 min