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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Gertrude Stein: “Tender Buttons [Breakfast]”
8 min
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Vachel Lindsay: “Meeting Ourselves”
3 min
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Taylor Byas: “I begin the day thinking”
2 min
479
Guest Editor Interview: August 2025 Guest Edito...
21 min
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Samantha Thornhill: “38. Shedding the Old”
3 min
481
Lauren K. Alleyne: “Gift”
3 min
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Mary Jo Bang: “Madonna Overview”
3 min
483
L. Lamar Wilson: “Lauren Oya Olamina Explains E...
4 min
484
Philip Levine: “Breath”
4 min
485
Else Lasker-Schüler: “Sphinx”
2 min
486
Jeffrey Pethybridge: “Note on Method”
5 min
487
Adrian Matejka: “16 Bars Poetica”
2 min
488
Kiki Petrosino: From “De Jure Sanguinis”
2 min
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Fiona Templeton: “Why Say That”
3 min
490
Elisa Gabbert: “The Bridge”
2 min
491
Rainer Maria Rilke: “Put Out My Eyes”
2 min
492
Charles Baudelaire: “Obsession”
3 min
493
CM Burroughs: “One Way To Resurrect An Ancestor”
2 min
494
Christian Campbell: “My Grandmother’s Love Lett...
3 min
495
Kyla Marshell: “Somewhere Swimming”
2 min
496
Tommye Blount: “Karl Lagerfeld’s line of beauty”
4 min
497
Jzl Jmz: “Drenched in Reflection”
2 min
498
Adrienne Rich: “This Evening Let’s”
4 min
499
Pierre Dupont: “A Serenade”
2 min
500
Abe Louise Young: “Who”
2 min