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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MaKshya Tolbert: "Ways to Measure Trees "
3 min
402
Chibueze Crouch-Anyarogbu: "host"
2 min
403
William Moore: "Expectancy"
3 min
404
Angelina Weld Grimké: "Surrender"
3 min
405
Omar Berrada: "A Thistle Will Do"
3 min
406
Lily Painter: "Funk (#49 song)"
3 min
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Youna Kwak: "After [I never feel so alive as wh...
2 min
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Aldrin Regina Valdez: "January”
2 min
409
m.s. RedCherries: "playing america in spring
1 min
410
Blanche Taylor Dickinson: "Things Said When He ...
3 min
411
Frank Barbour Coffin: "The Negro’s 'America'”
3 min
412
Guest Editor Interview: February 2025 Guest Edi...
23 min
413
Robert Hass: "The Creek in Shirley Canyon"
3 min
414
Catherine Bowman: "Pears"
3 min
415
James Hannaham: " Apophasis Now"
1 min
416
Denise Duhamel: "Poem in Which My Mother Snapped"
2 min
417
Hisham Bustani: "An inauspicious day from the g...
8 min
418
Lucretia Maria Davidson: "The Smile of Innocence"
4 min
419
Richard Butler Glaenzer: "Star-Magic"
2 min
420
Mark Halliday: "Hoops with Nets"
3 min
421
Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello: "The Houseguest"
3 min
422
Ashley M. Jones: "HOLYHEADHARRIET"
4 min
423
Megan Fernandes: "On the One Hand"
2 min
424
Kevin Young: "Mantle"
2 min
425
William Rose Benét: "The City"
5 min