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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Maura Stanton: "A Night in Chicago"
3 min
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Arthur Sze: "Qinghai Lake"
3 min
203
Brian Gyamfi: "The Thing Dead on the Road"
2 min
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Anonymous, translated by Frances Densmore: "My ...
2 min
205
Guest Editor Interview: December 2025 Guest Edi...
18 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
209
Abigail Chabitnoy: "Everything Exactly as It Se...
3 min
210
Elizabeth Lindsey Rogers: "Jessica McClure, Aft...
4 min
211
Benjamin Garcia: "Egg Tooth"
3 min
212
Samuel Alfred Beadle: "Alice"
3 min
213
Anne Brontë: "Night"
3 min
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Lisa Bickmore: "flit [sparrow]"
3 min
215
Kimberly Blaeser: "Postures of Devotion"
7 min
216
Annie Wenstrup: "Lodestone"
4 min
217
Lance Larsen: "To My Daughter's Dead Name"
3 min
218
Trish Hopkinson: "Clutch"
3 min
219
Washington Matthews: "Song 'A'"
3 min
220
Witter Bynner: "Madagascar [Opus 104]"
2 min
221
Chris Watkins: "The Sonnet in Drag"
3 min
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Carol Moldaw: "What We Wanted"
4 min
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Erin Marie Lynch: "Poshmark"
3 min
224
Rob Arnold: "Fourth of July"
3 min
225
Elise Paschen: "Aperture"
3 min