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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Gabriel Cortez: “Upon Hearing Your Building is ...
3 min
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Barbara Jane Reyes: “Downtown Oakland Poem”
2 min
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Anacaona Rocio Milagro: “Hangman Poem: One Play...
3 min
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Fannie Isabelle Sherrick: “Easter”
2 min
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E. E. Cummings: “La Guerre (II)”
2 min
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Malcolm Friend: “Caliban Theory”
3 min
407
Jacqueline Jiang: “If My Body Is Dying, Tell Me...
4 min
408
jo reyes-boitel: “fish bones”
2 min
409
Cynthia Dewi Oka: “American Abyss”
3 min
410
David Maduli: “alameda point”
3 min
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Ibn al-Fāriḍ: “From the ‘Khamriyyah’ [There is ...
4 min
412
Hatim al-Tai: “On Avarice”
4 min
413
Vincent Toro: “¿Que Que La Femme?”
6 min
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Leonora Simonovis: “Little Bruja”
2 min
415
Brittany Rogers: “Dressing the Body”
2 min
416
Grisel Y. Acosta: “Leaving the Psychologist: An...
3 min
417
Yesenia Montilla: “High Stakes”
3 min
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Ed Roberson: “American Quartet”
6 min
419
Katherine Mansfield: “The Earth-Child in the Gr...
3 min
420
Carlos Andrés Gómez: “Ghazal Circling Fatherhood”
3 min
421
Gia Anansi Shakur: “The Owl”
2 min
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Mike Tyler: “Palazzo Tartaruga”
2 min
423
Cortney Lamar Charleston: “Magnitude and Bond”
4 min
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Lesyk Panasiuk: "A Wartime Dream," translated b...
2 min
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Guest Editor Interview: April 2025 Guest Editor...
11 min