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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Anthony Joseph: “Empires”
2 min
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Katerina Iliopoulou and Jackson Watson: “Cape T...
4 min
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Safiya Kamaria Kinshasa: “The Wicked Lady”
2 min
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Lola Ridge: From “IV. The Stone” [The morning c...
4 min
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Guest Editor Interview: September 2025 Guest Ed...
13 min
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Léonie Adams: “Early Waking”
3 min
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Geoffrey Brock: “Goodbye”
2 min
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Atsuro Riley: “We Be Ludere”
1 min
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Ari Banias: “Task”
3 min
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Brian Tierney: “Catering”
4 min
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Cate Marvin: “The Truth”
2 min
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Sharon Olds: “Boxer Aria”
3 min
213
Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy: “The Wolves”
4 min
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Wayne Miller: “Theological”
2 min
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Armen Davoudian: “Hot Springs”
2 min
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Paul Tran: “Eros”
4 min
217
Aaron Smith: “I’m Dating a Man Who’s Married”
2 min
218
D. A. Powell: “Rewilding”
2 min
219
Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Fate”
4 min
220
Alfred Kreymborg: “Those Everlasting Blues”
4 min
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Sandra Lim: “Cattiveria”
2 min
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Noah Warren: “Shuttle”
3 min
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Christian Gullette: “The Fates”
2 min
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Natalie Shapero: “Hansel or Gretel”
3 min
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Michael Dumanis: “Sehnsucht”
4 min