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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Yolanda Castaño and Samantha Schnee: “Wheel of ...
5 min
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Damir Šodan and James Meetze: “Poetry in Small...
4 min
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti: “Sonnet LIX: Love’s Las...
3 min
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Yaxkin Melchy Ramos and Marcelo Hernandez Casti...
8 min
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Andrea Cote and Craig Epplin: “Somber Bull”
4 min
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Tomica Bajsić and Nina Bajsić: “When You Hit Yo...
3 min
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Anthony Joseph: “Empires”
2 min
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Katerina Iliopoulou and Jackson Watson: “Cape T...
4 min
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Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa: “The Wicked Lady”
2 min
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Guest Editor Interview: September 2025 Guest Ed...
13 min
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Lola Ridge: From “IV. The Stone” [The morning c...
4 min
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Léonie Adams: “Early Waking”
3 min
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Geoffrey Brock: “Goodbye”
2 min
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Atsuro Riley: “We Be Ludere”
1 min
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Ari Banias: “Task”
3 min
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Brian Tierney: “Catering”
4 min
67
Cate Marvin: “The Truth”
2 min
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Sharon Olds: “Boxer Aria”
3 min
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Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy: “The Wolves”
4 min
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Wayne Miller: “Theological”
2 min
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Armen Davoudian: “Hot Springs”
2 min
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Paul Tran: “Eros”
4 min
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Aaron Smith: “I’m Dating a Man Who’s Married”
2 min
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D. A. Powell: “Rewilding”
2 min
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Fate”
4 min