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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William Moore: "Expectancy"
3 min
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Angelina Weld Grimké: "Surrender"
3 min
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Omar Berrada: "A Thistle Will Do"
3 min
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Lily Painter: "Funk (#49 song)"
3 min
480
Youna Kwak: "After [I never feel so alive as wh...
2 min
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Aldrin Regina Valdez: "January”
2 min
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m.s. RedCherries: "playing america in spring
1 min
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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
485
Robert Hass: "The Creek in Shirley Canyon"
3 min
486
Guest Editor Interview: February 2025 Guest Edi...
23 min
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Catherine Bowman: "Pears"
3 min
488
James Hannaham: " Apophasis Now"
1 min
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Denise Duhamel: "Poem in Which My Mother Snapped"
2 min
490
Hisham Bustani: "An inauspicious day from the g...
8 min
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Lucretia Maria Davidson: "The Smile of Innocence"
4 min
492
Richard Butler Glaenzer: "Star-Magic"
2 min
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Mark Halliday: "Hoops with Nets"
3 min
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Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello: "The Houseguest"
3 min
495
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
499
Arna Bontemps: "My Heart Has Known Its Winter"
2 min
500
Peter Balakian: "Day of the Dead"
3 min