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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Blanche Taylor Dickinson: "Things Said When He ...
3 min
527
Frank Barbour Coffin: "The Negro’s 'America'”
3 min
528
Robert Hass: "The Creek in Shirley Canyon"
3 min
529
Guest Editor Interview: February 2025 Guest Edi...
23 min
530
Catherine Bowman: "Pears"
3 min
531
James Hannaham: " Apophasis Now"
1 min
532
Denise Duhamel: "Poem in Which My Mother Snapped"
2 min
533
Hisham Bustani: "An inauspicious day from the g...
8 min
534
Lucretia Maria Davidson: "The Smile of Innocence"
4 min
535
Richard Butler Glaenzer: "Star-Magic"
2 min
536
Mark Halliday: "Hoops with Nets"
3 min
537
Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello: "The Houseguest"
3 min
538
Ashley M. Jones: "HOLYHEADHARRIET"
4 min
539
Megan Fernandes: "On the One Hand"
2 min
540
Kevin Young: "Mantle"
2 min
541
William Rose Benét: "The City"
5 min
542
Arna Bontemps: "My Heart Has Known Its Winter"
2 min
543
Peter Balakian: "Day of the Dead"
3 min
544
Kerry Hardie: "Acceptance"
2 min
545
Robert Wrigley: "Centaur over Tomer Butte"
3 min
546
Tom Healy: "Sonnet for the Chickens"
2 min
547
Emma Trelles: "Dear Sister"
4 min
548
Harriet Monroe: "With a Copy of Shelley"
3 min
549
Amos Wilder: "Winter Night"
3 min
550
Laurel Nakanishi: "Sleepless Pantoum"
2 min