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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Gregory Orr: "[And isn't everything risk?]"
3 min
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Bliss Carman: "Low Tide on Grand Pré"
4 min
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Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven: "A Dozen Cocktail...
4 min
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George Bilgere: "After Escher"
3 min
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Michael Kleber-Diggs: "Lupines in a Yard in San...
3 min
81
Leila Chatti: "The World Is Too Much With Us"
3 min
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Reginald Dwayne Betts: "Petrichor"
3 min
83
Pádraig Ó Tuama: "Our Lady of the Garden"
3 min
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Martial, translated by Henry Howard: "The Means...
3 min
85
Genevieve Taggard: "Going Somewhere"
3 min
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Angela Narciso Torres: "Late Bird"
2 min
87
AE Hines: "Peace Treaty"
3 min
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Daniel B. Summerhill: "Boplicity or Jimmy Throw...
4 min
89
Jenny George: "Touching and Being Touched"
2 min
90
Maggie Smith: "This human life"
3 min
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Leonora Speyer: "She says, being forbidden:"
2 min
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Horace Gregory: "Interior: The Suburbs"
3 min
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Guest Editor Interview: March 2026 Guest Editor...
17 min
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Salem al-Okaly, translated by Khaled Mattawa: "...
5 min
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Sanam Sheriff: "The Emperor Pats His Lips with ...
3 min
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Mary-Alice Daniel: "Ancestor Syndrome"
4 min
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Kwame Dawes: "Window Art"
3 min
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Ladan Osman: "[ ]"
3 min
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Pindar, translated by Ernest Myers: "For Asopic...
4 min
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Robert Bridges: "[The evening darkens over]"
3 min