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
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David Maduli: “alameda point”
3 min
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Ibn al-Fāriḍ: “From the ‘Khamriyyah’ [There is ...
4 min
506
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
510
Grisel Y. Acosta: “Leaving the Psychologist: An...
3 min
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Yesenia Montilla: “High Stakes”
3 min
512
Ed Roberson: “American Quartet”
6 min
513
Katherine Mansfield: “The Earth-Child in the Gr...
3 min
514
Carlos Andrés Gómez: “Ghazal Circling Fatherhood”
3 min
515
Gia Anansi Shakur: “The Owl”
2 min
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Mike Tyler: “Palazzo Tartaruga”
2 min
517
Cortney Lamar Charleston: “Magnitude and Bond”
4 min
518
Lesyk Panasiuk: "A Wartime Dream," translated b...
2 min
519
Guest Editor Interview: April 2025 Guest Editor...
11 min
520
George Eliot: "Self and Life"
6 min
521
Scottie McKenzie Frasier: "The Things I Love"
2 min
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Jessica Abughattas: "Failed Poems"
3 min
523
Brenda Hillman: "1951"
4 min
524
Donna Masini: "My Father Teaches Me to Play Sol...
3 min
525
Nicole Callihan: "Summer Elegy"
4 min