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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Alfred Noyes: “Lines for a Sun-Dial”
2 min
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Katherine Mansfield: “Loneliness”
3 min
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Victoria Kornuck: “Guided Meditation”
3 min
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Garrett Hongo: “God Only Knows”
3 min
30
E. Hughes: “To Let this Woman Love Me”
3 min
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Ama Codjoe: “Their Pasts”
3 min
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Safiya Sinclair: “Bluebeard”
4 min
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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
45
Guest Editor Interview: October 2026 Guest Edit...
16 min
46
Amergin Glúingel, translated by Paul Muldoon: “...
4 min
47
Matsuo Bashō, translated by Kimiko Hahn: “Three...
3 min
48
Thomas Hardy: “Going and Staying”
3 min
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Edith Wharton: “Segesta”
3 min
50
Margaret Noodin, translated by the author: “Fir...
3 min