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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Charles Dickens: “The Ivy Green”
4 min
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Claude McKay: “Jasmines”
2 min
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Brian Komei Dempster: “Glow”
3 min
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francine j. harris: “Wish We Were Daddies”
3 min
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Christian Campbell: From “Birthday Letters” (I)
4 min
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Kerry Sherin Wright: “Poem haunted by the sound...
3 min
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Hai-Dang Phan: “Kingfisher”
4 min
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Susan Stewart: “A Single Tree”
3 min
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Henry David Thoreau: “Smoke”
2 min
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Vievee Francis: “I Have to Write the Book You’l...
4 min
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Stuart Dybek: “Nine Bluegills”
3 min
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Yiannis Doukas, translated by A. E. Stallings: ...
4 min
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Guest Editor Interview: October 2026 Guest Edit...
16 min
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Amergin Glúingel, translated by Paul Muldoon: “...
4 min
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Matsuo Bashō, translated by Kimiko Hahn: “Three...
3 min
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Thomas Hardy: “Going and Staying”
3 min
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Edith Wharton: “Segesta”
3 min
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Margaret Noodin, translated by the author: “Fir...
3 min
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Christine de Pisan, translated by Jane Draycott...
4 min
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Carmen Gallo, translated by Will Schutt: “Snork...
4 min
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Mirabai, translated by Chloe Martinez: “Mira at...
3 min
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Rumi, translated by Haleh Liza Gafori: “Go ahea...
5 min
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Robinson Jeffers: “People and a Heron”
3 min
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Thomas Wyatt: “[Farewell love and all thy laws ...
3 min
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Amanda Hernández, translated by Ana Portnoy Bri...
4 min