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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Roger Mitchell: "Going Back"
3 min
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Elmaz Abinader: "True Metal"
3 min
253
David Wojahn: "Inauguration Day, 2025"
3 min
254
Talvikki Ansel: "The Lichens"
4 min
255
Lewis Carroll: "Christmas Greetings from a Fair...
3 min
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Donald Justice: "The Artist Orpheus"
3 min
257
Michael Dickman: "A Good Doctor"
3 min
258
Dalia Taha, translated by Sara Elkamel: "Enter...
7 min
259
Aliki Barnstone: "The Sign as You Exit the Arti...
5 min
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Yahya Frederickson: "News"
4 min
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Chris Abani: "Ash Wednesday"
3 min
262
Charles Reznikoff: "XX" [A white curtain turnin...
2 min
263
Walter de la Mare: "A Song of Enchantment"
3 min
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H. R. Webster: "Oranges"
5 min
265
Lawrence Joseph: "The Imagination Completes Its...
3 min
266
Megan Levad Beisner: "The woman who cut and pai...
3 min
267
Robert Laidler: "Jr"
3 min
268
Jennifer Huang: "Gender Euphoria and the Superb...
3 min
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John Berryman: "Footing Our Cabin’s Lawn, Befor...
2 min
270
Wallace Stevens: "The Plot Against the Giant"
3 min
271
Richard Jackson: "A Loud Death"
5 min
272
Sophia Terazawa: From "September Roams a Vertic...
3 min
273
Maura Stanton: "A Night in Chicago"
3 min
274
Arthur Sze: "Qinghai Lake"
3 min
275
Brian Gyamfi: "The Thing Dead on the Road"
2 min