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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Jayson P. Smith: "on fathers & swords"
3 min
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Sam Sax: "My Hole. My Whole."
3 min
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Wallace Stevens: "Peter Quince at the Clavier"
6 min
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Dorothy Parker: "Incurable"
3 min
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Ajanaé Dawkins: "How to Witness a Miracle Witho...
3 min
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Tameka Cage Conley: "Kin: First Responders"
4 min
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Nabila Lovelace: "Sojourned."
4 min
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Tish Jones: "There Was No Sun in the Room"
2 min
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Bernardo Wade: "The Hymn"
2 min
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Robert Frost: "Acceptance"
3 min
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Karle Wilson Baker: "Bluebird and Cardinal"
6 min
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Chandler Peters-Durose: "Rest stop"
2 min
513
Desdamona: "Once and Future"
3 min
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Farah Habad: "And out of the ashes"
3 min
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Kyle Tran Myhre: "When it Really is Just the Wi...
5 min
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Ty Chapman: "Alone in bed thinking about anothe...
2 min
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Hildegarde Flanner: "To a Tree in Bloom"
2 min
518
E. E. Cummings: "Here’s a Little Mouse"
3 min
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Ollie Schminkey: "The First Rule of Buoyancy"
4 min
520
Isha Camara: "The Hills are Writing"
4 min
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Emily Khilfeh: "Ekphrasis On “The New York Time...
2 min
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Guest Editor Interview: August 2024 Guest Edito...
10 min
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Tarik Dobbs: "Artist Statement"
2 min
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Spencer Williams: "I wake at dawn to glimpse my...
2 min
525
Carl Sandburg: From “The Windy City”
4 min