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
178
John Berryman: "Footing Our Cabin’s Lawn, Befor...
2 min
179
Wallace Stevens: "The Plot Against the Giant"
3 min
180
Richard Jackson: "A Loud Death"
5 min
181
Sophia Terazawa: From "September Roams a Vertic...
3 min
182
Maura Stanton: "A Night in Chicago"
3 min
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Arthur Sze: "Qinghai Lake"
3 min
184
Brian Gyamfi: "The Thing Dead on the Road"
2 min
185
Anonymous, translated by Frances Densmore: "My ...
2 min
186
Guest Editor Interview: December 2025 Guest Edi...
18 min
187
Marianne Moore: "Dock Rats"
4 min
188
Nicholas Friedman: "Night Before"
2 min
189
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
192
Benjamin Garcia: "Egg Tooth"
3 min
193
Samuel Alfred Beadle: "Alice"
3 min
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Anne Brontë: "Night"
3 min
195
Lisa Bickmore: "flit [sparrow]"
3 min
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Kimberly Blaeser: "Postures of Devotion"
7 min
197
Annie Wenstrup: "Lodestone"
4 min
198
Lance Larsen: "To My Daughter's Dead Name"
3 min
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Trish Hopkinson: "Clutch"
3 min
200
Washington Matthews: "Song 'A'"
3 min