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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Jzl Jmz: “Drenched in Reflection”
2 min
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Adrienne Rich: “This Evening Let’s”
4 min
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Pierre Dupont: “A Serenade”
2 min
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Abe Louise Young: “Who”
2 min
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Douglas Kearney: “There’s no ‘sass’ in “dissoci...
2 min
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Chet’la Sebree: “An End”
3 min
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Lillian-Yvonne Bertram: “Black Pastoral”
3 min
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Antoinette Brim-Bell: “Insomniac Tankas”
2 min
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Djuna Barnes: “I’d Have You Think of Me”
3 min
510
Victor Hugo: “Truth”
7 min
511
Keith S. Wilson: “there aren’t enough idioms ab...
2 min
512
Andrea Rexilius: “The Way the Language Was”
2 min
513
Bettina Judd: “A Poem about Home”
3 min
514
DaMaris B. Hill: “Come. Pray. Know”
3 min
515
Guest Editor Interview: July 2025 Guest Editor ...
16 min
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Anahita Monfared: “The Manic Depressive’s Alpha...
6 min
517
Sappho: “[It was summer when I found you]”
2 min
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Lord Alfred Douglas: “Wine of Summer”
6 min
519
Anja Mei-Ping Kuipers: “After a Rochester Wedding”
3 min
520
francine j. harris: “There are inanimate things...
3 min
521
DéLana R. A. Dameron: “When Mama died, I lost m...
3 min
522
C. Russell Price: “I Decide to Tell Ghost Cowbo...
2 min
523
Yalie Saweda Kamara: “Trim”
2 min
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Louise Bogan: “The Alchemist”
2 min
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Mikhail Kuzmin: “Night Was Done”
3 min