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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Ashna Ali: "Aubade on Piazza del Popolo with Sa...
4 min
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Ronald Carson: "Forever Plastics"
4 min
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Anita Nahal: "The Quiet Shift"
4 min
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Gabrielle Bates: "Daughter"
5 min
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Edgar Kunz: "A Certain Point"
3 min
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Megan Pinto: "Long Weekend"
3 min
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Fady Joudah: "Pink Panther"
2 min
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Lara Atallah: "Spectral Prophecies"
3 min
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W. J. Herbert: "Drought Season"
3 min
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Indran Amirthanayagam: "Catching Fire"
2 min
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Tarfia Faizullah: "Chaturdashpodi Kobita"
2 min
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Kim Addonizio: "Sleepless Nights"
3 min
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Guest Editor Interview: May 2026 Guest Editor H...
12 min
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Lory Bedikian: "My Son Rests His Cheek on the W...
3 min
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Kai Carlson-Wee: "Blue Room"
3 min
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Anders Carlson-Wee: "Spirits"
2 min
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Malia Maxwell: "In the not-not-woods"
4 min
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Arno Holz, translated by Babette Deutsch and Av...
2 min
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Maxine Scates: "Flyway"
3 min
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Rebecca Bornstein: "Love Poem to Taco Bell"
4 min
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Jake Young: "Working at the Distillery"
3 min
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Thomas Centolella: "Cynthia Wanders My Neighbor...
3 min
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Tracey Knapp: "To the Sea"
3 min
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Thomas Wyatt: "[The long love that in my though...
2 min
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Louis Untermeyer: "End of the Comedy"
2 min