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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Zaina Alsous: "To a Young Poet"
4 min
277
Mónica Alexandra Jiménez: "Theft"
2 min
278
MaKshya Tolbert: "Ways to Measure Trees "
3 min
279
Chibueze Crouch-Anyarogbu: "host"
2 min
280
William Moore: "Expectancy"
3 min
281
Angelina Weld Grimké: "Surrender"
3 min
282
Omar Berrada: "A Thistle Will Do"
3 min
283
Lily Painter: "Funk (#49 song)"
3 min
284
Youna Kwak: "After [I never feel so alive as wh...
2 min
285
Aldrin Regina Valdez: "January”
2 min
286
m.s. RedCherries: "playing america in spring
1 min
287
Blanche Taylor Dickinson: "Things Said When He ...
3 min
288
Frank Barbour Coffin: "The Negro’s 'America'”
3 min
289
Robert Hass: "The Creek in Shirley Canyon"
3 min
290
Guest Editor Interview: February 2025 Guest Edi...
23 min
291
Catherine Bowman: "Pears"
3 min
292
James Hannaham: " Apophasis Now"
1 min
293
Denise Duhamel: "Poem in Which My Mother Snapped"
2 min
294
Hisham Bustani: "An inauspicious day from the g...
8 min
295
Lucretia Maria Davidson: "The Smile of Innocence"
4 min
296
Richard Butler Glaenzer: "Star-Magic"
2 min
297
Mark Halliday: "Hoops with Nets"
3 min
298
Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello: "The Houseguest"
3 min
299
Ashley M. Jones: "HOLYHEADHARRIET"
4 min
300
Megan Fernandes: "On the One Hand"
2 min