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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MaKshya Tolbert: "Ways to Measure Trees "
3 min
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Chibueze Crouch-Anyarogbu: "host"
2 min
528
William Moore: "Expectancy"
3 min
529
Angelina Weld Grimké: "Surrender"
3 min
530
Omar Berrada: "A Thistle Will Do"
3 min
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Lily Painter: "Funk (#49 song)"
3 min
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Youna Kwak: "After [I never feel so alive as wh...
2 min
533
Aldrin Regina Valdez: "January”
2 min
534
m.s. RedCherries: "playing america in spring
1 min
535
Blanche Taylor Dickinson: "Things Said When He ...
3 min
536
Frank Barbour Coffin: "The Negro’s 'America'”
3 min
537
Robert Hass: "The Creek in Shirley Canyon"
3 min
538
Guest Editor Interview: February 2025 Guest Edi...
23 min
539
Catherine Bowman: "Pears"
3 min
540
James Hannaham: " Apophasis Now"
1 min
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Denise Duhamel: "Poem in Which My Mother Snapped"
2 min
542
Hisham Bustani: "An inauspicious day from the g...
8 min
543
Lucretia Maria Davidson: "The Smile of Innocence"
4 min
544
Richard Butler Glaenzer: "Star-Magic"
2 min
545
Mark Halliday: "Hoops with Nets"
3 min
546
Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello: "The Houseguest"
3 min
547
Ashley M. Jones: "HOLYHEADHARRIET"
4 min
548
Megan Fernandes: "On the One Hand"
2 min
549
Kevin Young: "Mantle"
2 min
550
William Rose Benét: "The City"
5 min