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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Gertrude Stein: “Tender Buttons [Breakfast]”
8 min
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Vachel Lindsay: “Meeting Ourselves”
3 min
178
Taylor Byas: “I begin the day thinking”
2 min
179
Samantha Thornhill: “38. Shedding the Old”
3 min
180
Guest Editor Interview: August 2025 Guest Edito...
21 min
181
Lauren K. Alleyne: “Gift”
3 min
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Mary Jo Bang: “Madonna Overview”
3 min
183
L. Lamar Wilson: “Lauren Oya Olamina Explains E...
4 min
184
Philip Levine: “Breath”
4 min
185
Else Lasker-Schüler: “Sphinx”
2 min
186
Jeffrey Pethybridge: “Note on Method”
5 min
187
Adrian Matejka: “16 Bars Poetica”
2 min
188
Kiki Petrosino: From “De Jure Sanguinis”
2 min
189
Fiona Templeton: “Why Say That”
3 min
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Elisa Gabbert: “The Bridge”
2 min
191
Rainer Maria Rilke: “Put Out My Eyes”
2 min
192
Charles Baudelaire: “Obsession”
3 min
193
CM Burroughs: “One Way To Resurrect An Ancestor”
2 min
194
Christian Campbell: “My Grandmother’s Love Lett...
3 min
195
Kyla Marshell: “Somewhere Swimming”
2 min
196
Tommye Blount: “Karl Lagerfeld’s line of beauty”
4 min
197
Jzl Jmz: “Drenched in Reflection”
2 min
198
Adrienne Rich: “This Evening Let’s”
4 min
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Pierre Dupont: “A Serenade”
2 min
200
Abe Louise Young: “Who”
2 min