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 Thea Matthews. 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: August 2025 Guest Edito...
21 min
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Samantha Thornhill: “38. Shedding the Old”
3 min
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Lauren K. Alleyne: “Gift”
3 min
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Mary Jo Bang: “Madonna Overview”
3 min
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L. Lamar Wilson: “Lauren Oya Olamina Explains E...
4 min
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Philip Levine: “Breath”
4 min
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Else Lasker-Schüler: “Sphinx”
2 min
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Jeffrey Pethybridge: “Note on Method”
5 min
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Adrian Matejka: “16 Bars Poetica”
2 min
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Kiki Petrosino: From “De Jure Sanguinis”
2 min
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Fiona Templeton: “Why Say That”
3 min
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Elisa Gabbert: “The Bridge”
2 min
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Rainer Maria Rilke: “Put Out My Eyes”
2 min
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Charles Baudelaire: “Obsession”
3 min
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CM Burroughs: “One Way To Resurrect An Ancestor”
2 min
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Christian Campbell: “My Grandmother’s Love Lett...
3 min
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Kyla Marshell: “Somewhere Swimming”
2 min
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Tommye Blount: “Karl Lagerfeld’s line of beauty”
4 min
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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