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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Djuna Barnes: “I’d Have You Think of Me”
3 min
402
Victor Hugo: “Truth”
7 min
403
Keith S. Wilson: “there aren’t enough idioms ab...
2 min
404
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
409
Sappho: “[It was summer when I found you]”
2 min
410
Lord Alfred Douglas: “Wine of Summer”
6 min
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Anja Mei-Ping Kuipers: “After a Rochester Wedding”
3 min
412
francine j. harris: “There are inanimate things...
3 min
413
DéLana R. A. Dameron: “When Mama died, I lost m...
3 min
414
C. Russell Price: “I Decide to Tell Ghost Cowbo...
2 min
415
Yalie Saweda Kamara: “Trim”
2 min
416
Louise Bogan: “The Alchemist”
2 min
417
Mikhail Kuzmin: “Night Was Done”
3 min
418
Hílda Davis: “Pilate ponders where she belongs”
2 min
419
Jari Bradley: “You Can Light a Fire Without a M...
4 min
420
Airea D. Matthews: “Altitude”
2 min
421
Logan February: “I Woke You with Wagner,”
3 min
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Kaveh Akbar: “Love Poem with Tumor and Petrifie...
3 min
423
Jericho Brown: “Reunion Tour”
2 min
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John Berryman: “The Possessed”
4 min
425
Wes Matthews: “Immortality”
3 min