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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Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello: "The Houseguest"
3 min
527
Ashley M. Jones: "HOLYHEADHARRIET"
4 min
528
Megan Fernandes: "On the One Hand"
2 min
529
Kevin Young: "Mantle"
2 min
530
William Rose Benét: "The City"
5 min
531
Arna Bontemps: "My Heart Has Known Its Winter"
2 min
532
Peter Balakian: "Day of the Dead"
3 min
533
Kerry Hardie: "Acceptance"
2 min
534
Robert Wrigley: "Centaur over Tomer Butte"
3 min
535
Tom Healy: "Sonnet for the Chickens"
2 min
536
Emma Trelles: "Dear Sister"
4 min
537
Harriet Monroe: "With a Copy of Shelley"
3 min
538
Amos Wilder: "Winter Night"
3 min
539
Laurel Nakanishi: "Sleepless Pantoum"
2 min
540
Dylan Brennan: From “A First Glimpse of Ireland”
3 min
541
Carlie Hoffman: "After Morlot Avenue"
6 min
542
P. Scott Cunningham: "Florida Snow"
2 min
543
Ariel Francisco: "On the Shore of Lake Atitlán,...
1 min
544
Babette Deutsch: "Hibernal"
3 min
545
Robert Bridges: "January"
3 min
546
Michael Hettich: "The Angels"
3 min
547
Alexandra Lytton Regalado: "¿Qué Quiere, Corazón?"
4 min
548
William Archila: "Little soul lost, little shin...
3 min
549
Sahar Muradi: "All I can see is nothing"
4 min
550
Guest Editor Interview: January 2025 Guest Edit...
13 min