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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Lily Painter: "Funk (#49 song)"
3 min
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Youna Kwak: "After [I never feel so alive as wh...
2 min
478
Aldrin Regina Valdez: "January”
2 min
479
m.s. RedCherries: "playing america in spring
1 min
480
Blanche Taylor Dickinson: "Things Said When He ...
3 min
481
Frank Barbour Coffin: "The Negro’s 'America'”
3 min
482
Robert Hass: "The Creek in Shirley Canyon"
3 min
483
Guest Editor Interview: February 2025 Guest Edi...
23 min
484
Catherine Bowman: "Pears"
3 min
485
James Hannaham: " Apophasis Now"
1 min
486
Denise Duhamel: "Poem in Which My Mother Snapped"
2 min
487
Hisham Bustani: "An inauspicious day from the g...
8 min
488
Lucretia Maria Davidson: "The Smile of Innocence"
4 min
489
Richard Butler Glaenzer: "Star-Magic"
2 min
490
Mark Halliday: "Hoops with Nets"
3 min
491
Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello: "The Houseguest"
3 min
492
Ashley M. Jones: "HOLYHEADHARRIET"
4 min
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Megan Fernandes: "On the One Hand"
2 min
494
Kevin Young: "Mantle"
2 min
495
William Rose Benét: "The City"
5 min
496
Arna Bontemps: "My Heart Has Known Its Winter"
2 min
497
Peter Balakian: "Day of the Dead"
3 min
498
Kerry Hardie: "Acceptance"
2 min
499
Robert Wrigley: "Centaur over Tomer Butte"
3 min
500
Tom Healy: "Sonnet for the Chickens"
2 min