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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Anthony Borruso: "Some Melodious Plot"
4 min
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James Thomas Stevens: "To Hell Gate"
3 min
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Anne Marie Rooney: "Abstraction"
2 min
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Anonymous: "Lament of a Man for His Son"
3 min
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William Rose Benét: "Unforgotten"
2 min
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Guest Editor Interview: November 2025 Guest Edi...
20 min
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Avia Tadmor: "Nothing Personal"
4 min
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Ameen Animashaun: "The Dance of the Lambs and t...
3 min
59
Brian Teare: "smallholding"
7 min
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Weijia Pan: "Immigrant Song at a Food Truck"
2 min
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Jennifer Elise Foerster: "American History"
4 min
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James Ephraim McGirt: "A Mystery"
3 min
63
James Joyce: "III"
3 min
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Hieu Minh Nguyen: "SoMa"
2 min
65
Dujie Tahat: "All-American Ghazal"
3 min
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Matthew Gellman: "Conflation"
3 min
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Susan Mitchell: "Wolf Moon"
4 min
68
Sam Sax: "Ode to Those Who Block Tunnels and Br...
4 min
69
Elias Lönnrot, translated by John Martin Crawfo...
4 min
70
Robinson Jeffers: From "The Loving Shepherdess"...
3 min
71
Sasha Wade: "Del Parto"
4 min
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Lena Khalaf Tuffaha: "Correspondence with Apolo...
3 min
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Monica Ferrell: "Subclinical"
3 min
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Kevin Prufer: "Graves"
4 min
75
Tsering Wangmo Dhompa: "Camay International"
3 min