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
378
Gia Anansi Shakur: “The Owl”
2 min
379
Mike Tyler: “Palazzo Tartaruga”
2 min
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Cortney Lamar Charleston: “Magnitude and Bond”
4 min
381
Lesyk Panasiuk: "A Wartime Dream," translated b...
2 min
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Guest Editor Interview: April 2025 Guest Editor...
11 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
385
Jessica Abughattas: "Failed Poems"
3 min
386
Brenda Hillman: "1951"
4 min
387
Donna Masini: "My Father Teaches Me to Play Sol...
3 min
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Nicole Callihan: "Summer Elegy"
4 min
389
Josh Bell: "The War Against Birthdays"
2 min
390
Louise Imogen Guiney: "Spring"
2 min
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Sara Teasdale: "Spring Night"
3 min
392
Gary Copeland Lilley: "War"
3 min
393
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
396
Jake Skeets: "Loom Poem"
2 min
397
Rita Dove: "Prose in a Small Space"
4 min
398
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