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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Robert Penn Warren: “Prophecy”
2 min
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S. Brook Corfman: “Lake Michigan II”
3 min
103
Janel Pineda: “How to Take a Life”
3 min
104
Wingston González, translated by Urayoán Noel: ...
5 min
105
Guest Editor Interview: July 2026 Guest Editor ...
14 min
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Fatimah Asghar: “[i love them still]”
3 min
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Angel Nafis: “I Never Dreamed You’d Leave in Su...
3 min
108
Robert Graves: “1915”
3 min
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Ezra Pound: “Meditatio”
2 min
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D’mani Thomas: “for goldfish that remember seaw...
3 min
111
Jos Charles: “A Song” [I was want]
3 min
112
Rachel McKibbens: “Deluxe Mourning Package”
4 min
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Isa Borgeson: “[last summer I folded my dresses...
3 min
114
Travis Tate: “Summer City”
2 min
115
Edward Powys Mathers: “Six Love Songs”
5 min
116
Mona Van Duyn: “The Talker”
2 min
117
Ariana Brown: “The Shoes My Mother Hated, in Fa...
4 min
118
Shira Erlichman: “I Was Born Again the First Ti...
5 min
119
Kamelya Omayma Youssef: “My earth which is mine...
3 min
120
Moncho Alvarado: “An Erasure of Senate Bill 111”
3 min
121
Jimin Seo: “In Memoriam [±That after all this...
4 min
122
Mina Loy: “Gertrude Stein”
2 min
123
Alfred, Lord Tennyson: “St. Telemachus”
7 min
124
Eva Candelaria Sosa: “Afterwards”
2 min
125
Lan Lesmeister: “Lube, Ars Poetica”
3 min