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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Lewis Carroll: "Christmas Greetings from a Fair...
3 min
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Donald Justice: "The Artist Orpheus"
3 min
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Michael Dickman: "A Good Doctor"
3 min
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Dalia Taha, translated by Sara Elkamel: "Enter...
7 min
155
Aliki Barnstone: "The Sign as You Exit the Arti...
5 min
156
Yahya Frederickson: "News"
4 min
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Chris Abani: "Ash Wednesday"
3 min
158
Charles Reznikoff: "XX" [A white curtain turnin...
2 min
159
Walter de la Mare: "A Song of Enchantment"
3 min
160
H. R. Webster: "Oranges"
5 min
161
Lawrence Joseph: "The Imagination Completes Its...
3 min
162
Megan Levad Beisner: "The woman who cut and pai...
3 min
163
Robert Laidler: "Jr"
3 min
164
Jennifer Huang: "Gender Euphoria and the Superb...
3 min
165
John Berryman: "Footing Our Cabin’s Lawn, Befor...
2 min
166
Wallace Stevens: "The Plot Against the Giant"
3 min
167
Richard Jackson: "A Loud Death"
5 min
168
Sophia Terazawa: From "September Roams a Vertic...
3 min
169
Maura Stanton: "A Night in Chicago"
3 min
170
Arthur Sze: "Qinghai Lake"
3 min
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Brian Gyamfi: "The Thing Dead on the Road"
2 min
172
Anonymous, translated by Frances Densmore: "My ...
2 min
173
Guest Editor Interview: December 2025 Guest Edi...
18 min
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Marianne Moore: "Dock Rats"
4 min
175
Nicholas Friedman: "Night Before"
2 min