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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Richard Jackson: "A Loud Death"
5 min
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Sophia Terazawa: From "September Roams a Vertic...
3 min
103
Maura Stanton: "A Night in Chicago"
3 min
104
Arthur Sze: "Qinghai Lake"
3 min
105
Brian Gyamfi: "The Thing Dead on the Road"
2 min
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Guest Editor Interview: December 2025 Guest Edi...
18 min
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Anonymous, translated by Frances Densmore: "My ...
2 min
108
Marianne Moore: "Dock Rats"
4 min
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Nicholas Friedman: "Night Before"
2 min
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Casandra López: "Language Studies: ‘Wiishmenok ...
3 min
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Abigail Chabitnoy: "Everything Exactly as It Se...
3 min
112
Elizabeth Lindsey Rogers: "Jessica McClure, Aft...
4 min
113
Benjamin Garcia: "Egg Tooth"
3 min
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Samuel Alfred Beadle: "Alice"
3 min
115
Anne Brontë: "Night"
3 min
116
Lisa Bickmore: "flit [sparrow]"
3 min
117
Kimberly Blaeser: "Postures of Devotion"
7 min
118
Annie Wenstrup: "Lodestone"
4 min
119
Lance Larsen: "To My Daughter's Dead Name"
3 min
120
Trish Hopkinson: "Clutch"
3 min
121
Washington Matthews: "Song 'A'"
3 min
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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
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Erin Marie Lynch: "Poshmark"
3 min