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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Yesenia Montilla: “Contemplations While Holding...
3 min
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Samuel Ace: “On the far side of pleasure”
2 min
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Circe Maia, translated by Jesse Lee Kercheval: ...
2 min
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D. H. Lawrence: “The Mosquito Knows”
2 min
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Robert Penn Warren: “Prophecy”
2 min
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S. Brook Corfman: “Lake Michigan II”
3 min
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Janel Pineda: “How to Take a Life”
3 min
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Wingston González, translated by Urayoán Noel: ...
5 min
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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
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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
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Jos Charles: “A Song” [I was want]
3 min
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Rachel McKibbens: “Deluxe Mourning Package”
4 min
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Isa Borgeson: “[last summer I folded my dresses...
3 min
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Travis Tate: “Summer City”
2 min
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Edward Powys Mathers: “Six Love Songs”
5 min
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Mona Van Duyn: “The Talker”
2 min
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Ariana Brown: “The Shoes My Mother Hated, in Fa...
4 min
122
Shira Erlichman: “I Was Born Again the First Ti...
5 min
123
Kamelya Omayma Youssef: “My earth which is mine...
3 min
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Moncho Alvarado: “An Erasure of Senate Bill 111”
3 min
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Jimin Seo: “In Memoriam [±That after all this...
4 min