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 Laidler: "Jr"
3 min
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Jennifer Huang: "Gender Euphoria and the Superb...
3 min
103
John Berryman: "Footing Our Cabin’s Lawn, Befor...
2 min
104
Wallace Stevens: "The Plot Against the Giant"
3 min
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Richard Jackson: "A Loud Death"
5 min
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Sophia Terazawa: From "September Roams a Vertic...
3 min
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Maura Stanton: "A Night in Chicago"
3 min
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Arthur Sze: "Qinghai Lake"
3 min
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Brian Gyamfi: "The Thing Dead on the Road"
2 min
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Anonymous, translated by Frances Densmore: "My ...
2 min
111
Guest Editor Interview: December 2025 Guest Edi...
18 min
112
Marianne Moore: "Dock Rats"
4 min
113
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
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Elizabeth Lindsey Rogers: "Jessica McClure, Aft...
4 min
117
Benjamin Garcia: "Egg Tooth"
3 min
118
Samuel Alfred Beadle: "Alice"
3 min
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Anne Brontë: "Night"
3 min
120
Lisa Bickmore: "flit [sparrow]"
3 min
121
Kimberly Blaeser: "Postures of Devotion"
7 min
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Annie Wenstrup: "Lodestone"
4 min
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Lance Larsen: "To My Daughter's Dead Name"
3 min
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Trish Hopkinson: "Clutch"
3 min
125
Washington Matthews: "Song 'A'"
3 min