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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Annie Wenstrup: "Lodestone"
4 min
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Lance Larsen: "To My Daughter's Dead Name"
3 min
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Trish Hopkinson: "Clutch"
3 min
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Washington Matthews: "Song 'A'"
3 min
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Witter Bynner: "Madagascar [Opus 104]"
2 min
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Chris Watkins: "The Sonnet in Drag"
3 min
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Carol Moldaw: "What We Wanted"
4 min
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Erin Marie Lynch: "Poshmark"
3 min
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Rob Arnold: "Fourth of July"
3 min
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Elise Paschen: "Aperture"
3 min
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Alan Seeger: "Liebestod"
4 min
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Mary Cornelia Hartshorne: "The Poet"
3 min
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Alice Fulton: "Tough Zinnias"
4 min
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Landis Grenville: "Homecoming"
3 min
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Anthony Borruso: "Some Melodious Plot"
4 min
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James Thomas Stevens: "To Hell Gate"
3 min
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Anne Marie Rooney: "Abstraction"
2 min
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Anonymous: "Lament of a Man for His Son"
3 min
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William Rose Benét: "Unforgotten"
2 min
45
Guest Editor Interview: November 2025 Guest Edi...
20 min
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Avia Tadmor: "Nothing Personal"
4 min
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Ameen Animashaun: "The Dance of the Lambs and t...
3 min
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Brian Teare: "smallholding"
7 min
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Weijia Pan: "Immigrant Song at a Food Truck"
2 min
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Jennifer Elise Foerster: "American History"
4 min