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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Sophia Terazawa: From "September Roams a Vertic...
3 min
102
Maura Stanton: "A Night in Chicago"
3 min
103
Arthur Sze: "Qinghai Lake"
3 min
104
Brian Gyamfi: "The Thing Dead on the Road"
2 min
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Anonymous, translated by Frances Densmore: "My ...
2 min
106
Guest Editor Interview: December 2025 Guest Edi...
18 min
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Marianne Moore: "Dock Rats"
4 min
108
Nicholas Friedman: "Night Before"
2 min
109
Casandra López: "Language Studies: ‘Wiishmenok ...
3 min
110
Abigail Chabitnoy: "Everything Exactly as It Se...
3 min
111
Elizabeth Lindsey Rogers: "Jessica McClure, Aft...
4 min
112
Benjamin Garcia: "Egg Tooth"
3 min
113
Samuel Alfred Beadle: "Alice"
3 min
114
Anne Brontë: "Night"
3 min
115
Lisa Bickmore: "flit [sparrow]"
3 min
116
Kimberly Blaeser: "Postures of Devotion"
7 min
117
Annie Wenstrup: "Lodestone"
4 min
118
Lance Larsen: "To My Daughter's Dead Name"
3 min
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Trish Hopkinson: "Clutch"
3 min
120
Washington Matthews: "Song 'A'"
3 min
121
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
125
Rob Arnold: "Fourth of July"
3 min