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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Michael Montlack: “‘I came here to be a poet …’”
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Alison Luterman: "What the Strength Card in the...
3 min
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Arielle Hebert: "Our Book of Delights"
4 min
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Celeste Doaks: "Daniel’s Response to Jet, or Wh...
3 min
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Gary Young: "[Each morning before dawn,]"
2 min
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Raffi Joe Wartanian: "Tongue"
3 min
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Jesse Arlen: "𓆭 [Tree]"
3 min
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Suzanne Cleary: "Mercury"
3 min
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Didi Jackson: "Spot"
3 min
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William Archila: "Ginebra"
4 min
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Susan Deer Cloud: "Waking in Deep Night to the ...
5 min
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Kathy Evans: "Bio"
2 min
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Hrayr Varaz: "Ladletime: Night Time"
6 min
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Lola Koundakjian: "The Little Boy"
2 min
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Michelle Bitting: "Richard’s Not Such a Die-Har...
4 min
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J. Scott Brownlee: "These Hills"
5 min
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Danusha Laméris: "Peonies"
3 min
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Guest Editor Interview: April 2026 Guest Editor...
17 min
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Kira Tucker: "Precious"
3 min
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Jane Hirshfield: "I speak with the future."
4 min
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Padraic Colum: "The Pigeons"
2 min
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William Wordsworth: "Persuasion"
3 min
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Nikita Deshpande: "Post Partum"
3 min
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Derrick Austin: "Audience"
3 min
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ire’ne lara silva: "i didn’t eat the sun"
3 min