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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Katherine Mansfield: “The Earth-Child in the Gr...
3 min
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Carlos Andrés Gómez: “Ghazal Circling Fatherhood”
3 min
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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
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Guest Editor Interview: April 2025 Guest Editor...
11 min
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Lesyk Panasiuk: "A Wartime Dream," translated b...
2 min
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George Eliot: "Self and Life"
6 min
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Scottie McKenzie Frasier: "The Things I Love"
2 min
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Jessica Abughattas: "Failed Poems"
3 min
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Brenda Hillman: "1951"
4 min
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Donna Masini: "My Father Teaches Me to Play Sol...
3 min
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Nicole Callihan: "Summer Elegy"
4 min
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Josh Bell: "The War Against Birthdays"
2 min
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Louise Imogen Guiney: "Spring"
2 min
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Sara Teasdale: "Spring Night"
3 min
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Gary Copeland Lilley: "War"
3 min
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Katie Condon: "The Insurance Representative Tel...
3 min
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Chloe Honum: "Irreversible Fetal Anomalies"
2 min
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Joseph Millar: "Job"
2 min
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Jake Skeets: "Loom Poem"
2 min
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Rita Dove: "Prose in a Small Space"
4 min
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Frances Dana Barker Gage: "Woman––The Poet"
5 min
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Danusha Laméris: "U-Pick Orchards"
2 min
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Mosab Abu Toha: "[You were so small in my hands]"
1 min