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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Adrienne Rich: “This Evening Let’s”
4 min
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Pierre Dupont: “A Serenade”
2 min
203
Abe Louise Young: “Who”
2 min
204
Douglas Kearney: “There’s no ‘sass’ in “dissoci...
2 min
205
Chet’la Sebree: “An End”
3 min
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Lillian-Yvonne Bertram: “Black Pastoral”
3 min
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Antoinette Brim-Bell: “Insomniac Tankas”
2 min
208
Djuna Barnes: “I’d Have You Think of Me”
3 min
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Victor Hugo: “Truth”
7 min
210
Keith S. Wilson: “there aren’t enough idioms ab...
2 min
211
Andrea Rexilius: “The Way the Language Was”
2 min
212
Bettina Judd: “A Poem about Home”
3 min
213
DaMaris B. Hill: “Come. Pray. Know”
3 min
214
Anahita Monfared: “The Manic Depressive’s Alpha...
6 min
215
Guest Editor Interview: July 2025 Guest Editor ...
16 min
216
Sappho: “[It was summer when I found you]”
2 min
217
Lord Alfred Douglas: “Wine of Summer”
6 min
218
Anja Mei-Ping Kuipers: “After a Rochester Wedding”
3 min
219
francine j. harris: “There are inanimate things...
3 min
220
DéLana R. A. Dameron: “When Mama died, I lost m...
3 min
221
C. Russell Price: “I Decide to Tell Ghost Cowbo...
2 min
222
Yalie Saweda Kamara: “Trim”
2 min
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Louise Bogan: “The Alchemist”
2 min
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Mikhail Kuzmin: “Night Was Done”
3 min
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Hílda Davis: “Pilate ponders where she belongs”
2 min