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
377
Frank Barbour Coffin: "The Negro’s 'America'”
3 min
378
Guest Editor Interview: February 2025 Guest Edi...
23 min
379
Robert Hass: "The Creek in Shirley Canyon"
3 min
380
Catherine Bowman: "Pears"
3 min
381
James Hannaham: " Apophasis Now"
1 min
382
Denise Duhamel: "Poem in Which My Mother Snapped"
2 min
383
Hisham Bustani: "An inauspicious day from the g...
8 min
384
Lucretia Maria Davidson: "The Smile of Innocence"
4 min
385
Richard Butler Glaenzer: "Star-Magic"
2 min
386
Mark Halliday: "Hoops with Nets"
3 min
387
Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello: "The Houseguest"
3 min
388
Ashley M. Jones: "HOLYHEADHARRIET"
4 min
389
Megan Fernandes: "On the One Hand"
2 min
390
Kevin Young: "Mantle"
2 min
391
William Rose Benét: "The City"
5 min
392
Arna Bontemps: "My Heart Has Known Its Winter"
2 min
393
Peter Balakian: "Day of the Dead"
3 min
394
Kerry Hardie: "Acceptance"
2 min
395
Robert Wrigley: "Centaur over Tomer Butte"
3 min
396
Tom Healy: "Sonnet for the Chickens"
2 min
397
Emma Trelles: "Dear Sister"
4 min
398
Harriet Monroe: "With a Copy of Shelley"
3 min
399
Amos Wilder: "Winter Night"
3 min
400
Laurel Nakanishi: "Sleepless Pantoum"
2 min