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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Jacqueline Jiang: “If My Body Is Dying, Tell Me...
4 min
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jo reyes-boitel: “fish bones”
2 min
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Cynthia Dewi Oka: “American Abyss”
3 min
479
David Maduli: “alameda point”
3 min
480
Ibn al-Fāriḍ: “From the ‘Khamriyyah’ [There is ...
4 min
481
Hatim al-Tai: “On Avarice”
4 min
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Vincent Toro: “¿Que Que La Femme?”
6 min
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Leonora Simonovis: “Little Bruja”
2 min
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Brittany Rogers: “Dressing the Body”
2 min
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Grisel Y. Acosta: “Leaving the Psychologist: An...
3 min
486
Yesenia Montilla: “High Stakes”
3 min
487
Ed Roberson: “American Quartet”
6 min
488
Katherine Mansfield: “The Earth-Child in the Gr...
3 min
489
Carlos Andrés Gómez: “Ghazal Circling Fatherhood”
3 min
490
Gia Anansi Shakur: “The Owl”
2 min
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Mike Tyler: “Palazzo Tartaruga”
2 min
492
Cortney Lamar Charleston: “Magnitude and Bond”
4 min
493
Guest Editor Interview: April 2025 Guest Editor...
11 min
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Lesyk Panasiuk: "A Wartime Dream," translated b...
2 min
495
George Eliot: "Self and Life"
6 min
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Scottie McKenzie Frasier: "The Things I Love"
2 min
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Jessica Abughattas: "Failed Poems"
3 min
498
Brenda Hillman: "1951"
4 min
499
Donna Masini: "My Father Teaches Me to Play Sol...
3 min
500
Nicole Callihan: "Summer Elegy"
4 min