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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Donald Justice: "The Artist Orpheus"
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Michael Dickman: "A Good Doctor"
3 min
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Dalia Taha, translated by Sara Elkamel: "Enter...
7 min
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Aliki Barnstone: "The Sign as You Exit the Arti...
5 min
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Yahya Frederickson: "News"
4 min
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Chris Abani: "Ash Wednesday"
3 min
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Charles Reznikoff: "XX" [A white curtain turnin...
2 min
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Walter de la Mare: "A Song of Enchantment"
3 min
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H. R. Webster: "Oranges"
5 min
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Lawrence Joseph: "The Imagination Completes Its...
3 min
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Megan Levad Beisner: "The woman who cut and pai...
3 min
162
Robert Laidler: "Jr"
3 min
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Jennifer Huang: "Gender Euphoria and the Superb...
3 min
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John Berryman: "Footing Our Cabin’s Lawn, Befor...
2 min
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Wallace Stevens: "The Plot Against the Giant"
3 min
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Richard Jackson: "A Loud Death"
5 min
167
Sophia Terazawa: From "September Roams a Vertic...
3 min
168
Maura Stanton: "A Night in Chicago"
3 min
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Arthur Sze: "Qinghai Lake"
3 min
170
Brian Gyamfi: "The Thing Dead on the Road"
2 min
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Guest Editor Interview: December 2025 Guest Edi...
18 min
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Anonymous, translated by Frances Densmore: "My ...
2 min
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Marianne Moore: "Dock Rats"
4 min
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Nicholas Friedman: "Night Before"
2 min
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Casandra López: "Language Studies: ‘Wiishmenok ...
3 min