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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Kiki Petrosino: From “De Jure Sanguinis”
2 min
402
Fiona Templeton: “Why Say That”
3 min
403
Elisa Gabbert: “The Bridge”
2 min
404
Rainer Maria Rilke: “Put Out My Eyes”
2 min
405
Charles Baudelaire: “Obsession”
3 min
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CM Burroughs: “One Way To Resurrect An Ancestor”
2 min
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Christian Campbell: “My Grandmother’s Love Lett...
3 min
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Kyla Marshell: “Somewhere Swimming”
2 min
409
Tommye Blount: “Karl Lagerfeld’s line of beauty”
4 min
410
Jzl Jmz: “Drenched in Reflection”
2 min
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Adrienne Rich: “This Evening Let’s”
4 min
412
Pierre Dupont: “A Serenade”
2 min
413
Abe Louise Young: “Who”
2 min
414
Douglas Kearney: “There’s no ‘sass’ in “dissoci...
2 min
415
Chet’la Sebree: “An End”
3 min
416
Lillian-Yvonne Bertram: “Black Pastoral”
3 min
417
Antoinette Brim-Bell: “Insomniac Tankas”
2 min
418
Djuna Barnes: “I’d Have You Think of Me”
3 min
419
Victor Hugo: “Truth”
7 min
420
Keith S. Wilson: “there aren’t enough idioms ab...
2 min
421
Andrea Rexilius: “The Way the Language Was”
2 min
422
Bettina Judd: “A Poem about Home”
3 min
423
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