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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January Gill O'Neil: "Honeycrisp"
3 min
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Vincent Rendoni: "1985"
3 min
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Tiana Clark: "Poem Beginning in Berlin, Ending ...
5 min
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Gregory Orr: "[And isn't everything risk?]"
3 min
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Bliss Carman: "Low Tide on Grand Pré"
4 min
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Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven: "A Dozen Cocktail...
4 min
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George Bilgere: "After Escher"
3 min
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Michael Kleber-Diggs: "Lupines in a Yard in San...
3 min
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Leila Chatti: "The World Is Too Much With Us"
3 min
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Reginald Dwayne Betts: "Petrichor"
3 min
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Pádraig Ó Tuama: "Our Lady of the Garden"
3 min
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Martial, translated by Henry Howard: "The Means...
3 min
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Genevieve Taggard: "Going Somewhere"
3 min
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Angela Narciso Torres: "Late Bird"
2 min
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AE Hines: "Peace Treaty"
3 min
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Daniel B. Summerhill: "Boplicity or Jimmy Throw...
4 min
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Jenny George: "Touching and Being Touched"
2 min
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Maggie Smith: "This human life"
3 min
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Leonora Speyer: "She says, being forbidden:"
2 min
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Guest Editor Interview: March 2026 Guest Editor...
17 min
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Horace Gregory: "Interior: The Suburbs"
3 min
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Salem al-Okaly, translated by Khaled Mattawa: "...
5 min
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Sanam Sheriff: "The Emperor Pats His Lips with ...
3 min
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Mary-Alice Daniel: "Ancestor Syndrome"
4 min
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Kwame Dawes: "Window Art"
3 min