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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Kamelya Omayma Youssef: “My earth which is mine...
3 min
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Moncho Alvarado: “An Erasure of Senate Bill 111”
3 min
128
Jimin Seo: “In Memoriam [±That after all this...
4 min
129
Mina Loy: “Gertrude Stein”
2 min
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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: “St. Telemachus”
7 min
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Eva Candelaria Sosa: “Afterwards”
2 min
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Lan Lesmeister: “Lube, Ars Poetica”
3 min
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Janani Balasubramanian: “Quiet”
3 min
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Andrea Lawlor: “Position Paper #53: National Ar...
2 min
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Billy-Ray Belcourt: “Bildungssonnet”
2 min
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Erasmus Darwin: From “The Temple of Nature,” Ca...
6 min
137
Tao Yuanming, translated by Arthur Waley: “[A l...
2 min
138
Danez Smith: “Do You Know What Today Is?”
3 min
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William Ward Butler: “Fidelity”
3 min
140
Alexis N. Garcia: “Alexa for Seniors in Easy St...
3 min
141
Muriel Leung: “At the end of the world, you tel...
3 min
142
Kyle Carrero Lopez: “Statement of Purpose”
3 min
143
Allen Tate: “Mr. Pope”
3 min
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Guest Editor Interview: June 2026 Guest Editor ...
13 min
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Kashiana Singh: “Bone by Bone: A Hypochondriac ...
3 min
146
Sarah Ghazal Ali: “Künstlerroman”
3 min
147
Safia Elhillo: “Abecedarian Beginning with Alif”
4 min
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Megan Fernandes: “Every Person Is an Address, E...
4 min
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Sara Deniz Akant: "War Poem"
4 min
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Kiran Bath: "Nayika at the crawfish boil"
4 min