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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E. E. Cummings: “La Guerre (II)”
2 min
252
Malcolm Friend: “Caliban Theory”
3 min
253
Jacqueline Jiang: “If My Body Is Dying, Tell Me...
4 min
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jo reyes-boitel: “fish bones”
2 min
255
Cynthia Dewi Oka: “American Abyss”
3 min
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David Maduli: “alameda point”
3 min
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Ibn al-Fāriḍ: “From the ‘Khamriyyah’ [There is ...
4 min
258
Hatim al-Tai: “On Avarice”
4 min
259
Vincent Toro: “¿Que Que La Femme?”
6 min
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Leonora Simonovis: “Little Bruja”
2 min
261
Brittany Rogers: “Dressing the Body”
2 min
262
Grisel Y. Acosta: “Leaving the Psychologist: An...
3 min
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Yesenia Montilla: “High Stakes”
3 min
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Ed Roberson: “American Quartet”
6 min
265
Katherine Mansfield: “The Earth-Child in the Gr...
3 min
266
Carlos Andrés Gómez: “Ghazal Circling Fatherhood”
3 min
267
Gia Anansi Shakur: “The Owl”
2 min
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Mike Tyler: “Palazzo Tartaruga”
2 min
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Cortney Lamar Charleston: “Magnitude and Bond”
4 min
270
Guest Editor Interview: April 2025 Guest Editor...
11 min
271
Lesyk Panasiuk: "A Wartime Dream," translated b...
2 min
272
George Eliot: "Self and Life"
6 min
273
Scottie McKenzie Frasier: "The Things I Love"
2 min
274
Jessica Abughattas: "Failed Poems"
3 min
275
Brenda Hillman: "1951"
4 min