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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Guest Editor Interview: December 2025 Guest Edi...
18 min
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Marianne Moore: "Dock Rats"
4 min
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Nicholas Friedman: "Night Before"
2 min
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Casandra López: "Language Studies: ‘Wiishmenok ...
3 min
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Abigail Chabitnoy: "Everything Exactly as It Se...
3 min
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Elizabeth Lindsey Rogers: "Jessica McClure, Aft...
4 min
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Benjamin Garcia: "Egg Tooth"
3 min
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Samuel Alfred Beadle: "Alice"
3 min
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Anne Brontë: "Night"
3 min
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Lisa Bickmore: "flit [sparrow]"
3 min
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Kimberly Blaeser: "Postures of Devotion"
7 min
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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