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Poem-a-Day
by The Academy of American Poets
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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Mona Van Duyn: “The Talker”
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 20, 2026. www.poets.org
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Ariana Brown: “The Shoes My Mother Hated, in Fairness, Were Ugly”
Recorded by Ariana Brown for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 19, 2026. www.poets.org
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Shira Erlichman: “I Was Born Again the First Time I Lost Time Watching a Woman”
Recorded by Shira Erlichman for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 18, 2026. www.poets.org
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Kamelya Omayma Youssef: “My earth which is mine will always make more of itself”
Recorded by Kamelya Omayma Youssef for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 17, 2026. www.poets.org
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Moncho Alvarado: “An Erasure of Senate Bill 111”
Recorded by Moncho Alvarado for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 16, 2026. www.poets.org
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Jimin Seo: “In Memoriam [±That after all this I have still chosen life.]”
Recorded by Jimin Seo for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 15, 2026. www.poets.org
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Mina Loy: “Gertrude Stein”
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 14, 2026. www.poets.org
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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: “St. Telemachus”
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 13, 2026. www.poets.org
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Eva Candelaria Sosa: “Afterwards”
Recorded by Eva Candelaria Sosa for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 12, 2026. www.poets.org
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Lan Lesmeister: “Lube, Ars Poetica”
Recorded by Lan Lesmeisterfor Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 11, 2026. www.poets.org
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Janani Balasubramanian: “Quiet”
Recorded by Janani Balasubramanian for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 10, 2026 www.poets.org
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Andrea Lawlor: “Position Paper #53: National Archivist”
Recorded by Andrea Lawlor for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 9, 2026. www.poets.org
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Billy-Ray Belcourt: “Bildungssonnet”
Recorded by Billy-Ray Belcourt for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 8, 2026. www.poets.org
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Erasmus Darwin: From “The Temple of Nature,” Canto I (The Production of Life) [III. Now rose in purple pomp the breezy dawn,]
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 7, 2026. www.poets.org
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Tao Yuanming, translated by Arthur Waley: “[A long time ago]”
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 6, 2026. www.poets.org
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Danez Smith: “Do You Know What Today Is?”
Recorded by Danez Smith for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 5, 2026. www.poets.org
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William Ward Butler: “Fidelity”
Recorded by William Ward Butler for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 4, 2026. www.poets.org
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Alexis N. Garcia: “Alexa for Seniors in Easy Steps”
Recorded by Alexis N. Garcia for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 3, 2026. www.poets.org
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Muriel Leung: “At the end of the world, you tell me about the bees”
Recorded by Muriel Leung for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 2, 2026. www.poets.org
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Kyle Carrero Lopez: “Statement of Purpose”
Recorded by Kyle Carrero Lopez for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 1, 2026. www.poets.org
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Allen Tate: “Mr. Pope”
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 31, 2026. www.poets.org
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Guest Editor Interview: June 2026 Guest Editor Sam Sax
Recorded by Mary Sutton and Sam Sax for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 31, 2026 www.poets.org
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Kashiana Singh: “Bone by Bone: A Hypochondriac Inventory”
Recorded by Kashiana Singh for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 30, 2026. www.poets.org
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Sarah Ghazal Ali: “Künstlerroman”
Recorded by Sarah Ghazal Ali for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 29, 2026 www.poets.org
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Safia Elhillo: “Abecedarian Beginning with Alif”
Recorded by Safia Elhillo for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 28, 2026. www.poets.org
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Megan Fernandes: “Every Person Is an Address, Every Person Is a Calendar”
Recorded by Megan Fernandes for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 27, 2026 www.poets.org
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Sara Deniz Akant: "War Poem"
Recorded by Sara Deniz Akant for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 26, 2026. www.poets.org
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Kiran Bath: "Nayika at the crawfish boil"
Recorded by Kiran Bath for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 25, 2026. www.poets.org
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John Masefield: "On Growing Old"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 24, 2026. www.poets.org
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Ravi Shankar: "Final Stop"
Recorded by Ravi Shankar for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 23, 2026. www.poets.org
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Jeanann Verlee: "Peril, Ignored"
Recorded by Jeanann Verlee for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 22, 2026. www.poets.org
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Adam Falkner: "Correct the Record, Can We?"
Recorded by Adam Falkner for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 21, 2026 www.poets.org
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Yahya Ashour: "Keep My Poems"
Recorded by Yahya Ashour for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 20, 2026 www.poets.org
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Maha Hashwi: "Not Brave"
Recorded by Maha Hashwi for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 19, 2026. www.poets.org
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Diannely Antigua: "Assault"
Recorded by Diannely Antigua for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 18, 2026. www.poets.org
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Deahna Fumerol: "After the Work Is Done"
Recorded by Deahna Fumerol for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 17, 2026. www.poets.org
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Ralph Nazareth: "Of Hog Summers"
Recorded by Ralph Nazareth for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 16, 2026. www.poets.org
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Hamed Sinno: "Naqus"
Recorded by Hamed Sinno for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 15, 2026. www.poets.org
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Noor Hindi: "The Document"
Recorded by Noor Hindi for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 14, 2026 www.poets.org
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Elizabeth Crawford: "Antelope Valley Times"
Recorded by Elizabeth Crawford for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 13, 2026 www.poets.org
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Ahmad Ibsais: "The Land Gave Birth"
Recorded by Ahmad Ibsais for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 12, 2026 www.poets.org
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Ashna Ali: "Aubade on Piazza del Popolo with Saxophonist and Chopin"
Recorded by Ashna Ali for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 11, 2026. www.poets.org
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Ronald Carson: "Forever Plastics"
Recorded by Ronald Carson for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 10, 2026. www.poets.org
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Anita Nahal: "The Quiet Shift"
Recorded by Anita Nahal for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 9, 2026. www.poets.org
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Gabrielle Bates: "Daughter"
Recorded by Gabrielle Bates for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 8, 2026. www.poets.org
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Edgar Kunz: "A Certain Point"
Recorded by Edgar Kunz for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 7, 2026. www.poets.org
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Megan Pinto: "Long Weekend"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 6, 2026. www.poets.org
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Fady Joudah: "Pink Panther"
Recorded by Fady Joudah for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 5, 2026. www.poets.org
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Lara Atallah: "Spectral Prophecies"
Recorded by Lara Atallah for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 4, 2026. www.poets.org
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W. J. Herbert: "Drought Season"
Recorded by W. J. Herbert for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on May 3, 2026. www.poets.org
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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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