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
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Frank Barbour Coffin: "The Negro’s 'America'”
3 min
453
Robert Hass: "The Creek in Shirley Canyon"
3 min
454
Guest Editor Interview: February 2025 Guest Edi...
23 min
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Catherine Bowman: "Pears"
3 min
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James Hannaham: " Apophasis Now"
1 min
457
Denise Duhamel: "Poem in Which My Mother Snapped"
2 min
458
Hisham Bustani: "An inauspicious day from the g...
8 min
459
Lucretia Maria Davidson: "The Smile of Innocence"
4 min
460
Richard Butler Glaenzer: "Star-Magic"
2 min
461
Mark Halliday: "Hoops with Nets"
3 min
462
Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello: "The Houseguest"
3 min
463
Ashley M. Jones: "HOLYHEADHARRIET"
4 min
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Megan Fernandes: "On the One Hand"
2 min
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Kevin Young: "Mantle"
2 min
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William Rose Benét: "The City"
5 min
467
Arna Bontemps: "My Heart Has Known Its Winter"
2 min
468
Peter Balakian: "Day of the Dead"
3 min
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Kerry Hardie: "Acceptance"
2 min
470
Robert Wrigley: "Centaur over Tomer Butte"
3 min
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Tom Healy: "Sonnet for the Chickens"
2 min
472
Emma Trelles: "Dear Sister"
4 min
473
Harriet Monroe: "With a Copy of Shelley"
3 min
474
Amos Wilder: "Winter Night"
3 min
475
Laurel Nakanishi: "Sleepless Pantoum"
2 min