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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Witter Bynner: "Madagascar [Opus 104]"
2 min
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Chris Watkins: "The Sonnet in Drag"
3 min
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Carol Moldaw: "What We Wanted"
4 min
54
Erin Marie Lynch: "Poshmark"
3 min
55
Rob Arnold: "Fourth of July"
3 min
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Elise Paschen: "Aperture"
3 min
57
Alan Seeger: "Liebestod"
4 min
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Mary Cornelia Hartshorne: "The Poet"
3 min
59
Alice Fulton: "Tough Zinnias"
4 min
60
Landis Grenville: "Homecoming"
3 min
61
Anthony Borruso: "Some Melodious Plot"
4 min
62
James Thomas Stevens: "To Hell Gate"
3 min
63
Anne Marie Rooney: "Abstraction"
2 min
64
Anonymous: "Lament of a Man for His Son"
3 min
65
William Rose Benét: "Unforgotten"
2 min
66
Guest Editor Interview: November 2025 Guest Edi...
20 min
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Avia Tadmor: "Nothing Personal"
4 min
68
Ameen Animashaun: "The Dance of the Lambs and t...
3 min
69
Brian Teare: "smallholding"
7 min
70
Weijia Pan: "Immigrant Song at a Food Truck"
2 min
71
Jennifer Elise Foerster: "American History"
4 min
72
James Ephraim McGirt: "A Mystery"
3 min
73
James Joyce: "III"
3 min
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Hieu Minh Nguyen: "SoMa"
2 min
75
Dujie Tahat: "All-American Ghazal"
3 min