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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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
105
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
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Alfred Kreymborg: “Those Everlasting Blues”
4 min
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Sandra Lim: “Cattiveria”
2 min
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Noah Warren: “Shuttle”
3 min
111
Christian Gullette: “The Fates”
2 min
112
Natalie Shapero: “Hansel or Gretel”
3 min
113
Michael Dumanis: “Sehnsucht”
4 min
114
Stanley Kunitz: “Passing Through”
3 min
115
Li Bai: “The River-Merchant’s Wife: A Letter,” ...
4 min
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Miguel Murphy: “August”
2 min
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Jesse Nathan: “Panhandle”
3 min
118
Leonel Sánchez Lopez: “What the Birds Do”
2 min
119
Saeed Jones: “Self-Portrait as Hereboy, Sethe’s...
2 min
120
Andrea Cohen: “Pastime ”
2 min
121
Gertrude Stein: “Tender Buttons [Breakfast]”
8 min
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Vachel Lindsay: “Meeting Ourselves”
3 min
123
Taylor Byas: “I begin the day thinking”
2 min
124
Guest Editor Interview: August 2025 Guest Edito...
21 min
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Samantha Thornhill: “38. Shedding the Old”
3 min