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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Blanche Taylor Dickinson: "Things Said When He ...
3 min
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Frank Barbour Coffin: "The Negro’s 'America'”
3 min
303
Guest Editor Interview: February 2025 Guest Edi...
23 min
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Robert Hass: "The Creek in Shirley Canyon"
3 min
305
Catherine Bowman: "Pears"
3 min
306
James Hannaham: " Apophasis Now"
1 min
307
Denise Duhamel: "Poem in Which My Mother Snapped"
2 min
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Hisham Bustani: "An inauspicious day from the g...
8 min
309
Lucretia Maria Davidson: "The Smile of Innocence"
4 min
310
Richard Butler Glaenzer: "Star-Magic"
2 min
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Mark Halliday: "Hoops with Nets"
3 min
312
Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello: "The Houseguest"
3 min
313
Ashley M. Jones: "HOLYHEADHARRIET"
4 min
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Megan Fernandes: "On the One Hand"
2 min
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Kevin Young: "Mantle"
2 min
316
William Rose Benét: "The City"
5 min
317
Arna Bontemps: "My Heart Has Known Its Winter"
2 min
318
Peter Balakian: "Day of the Dead"
3 min
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Kerry Hardie: "Acceptance"
2 min
320
Robert Wrigley: "Centaur over Tomer Butte"
3 min
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Tom Healy: "Sonnet for the Chickens"
2 min
322
Emma Trelles: "Dear Sister"
4 min
323
Harriet Monroe: "With a Copy of Shelley"
3 min
324
Amos Wilder: "Winter Night"
3 min
325
Laurel Nakanishi: "Sleepless Pantoum"
2 min