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 Thea Matthews. 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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Zaina Alsous: "To a Young Poet"
4 min
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Mónica Alexandra Jiménez: "Theft"
2 min
53
MaKshya Tolbert: "Ways to Measure Trees "
3 min
54
Chibueze Crouch-Anyarogbu: "host"
2 min
55
William Moore: "Expectancy"
3 min
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Angelina Weld Grimké: "Surrender"
3 min
57
Omar Berrada: "A Thistle Will Do"
3 min
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Lily Painter: "Funk (#49 song)"
3 min
59
Youna Kwak: "After [I never feel so alive as wh...
2 min
60
Aldrin Regina Valdez: "January”
2 min
61
m.s. RedCherries: "playing america in spring
1 min
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Blanche Taylor Dickinson: "Things Said When He ...
3 min
63
Frank Barbour Coffin: "The Negro’s 'America'”
3 min
64
Guest Editor Interview: February 2025 Guest Edi...
23 min
65
Robert Hass: "The Creek in Shirley Canyon"
3 min
66
Catherine Bowman: "Pears"
3 min
67
James Hannaham: " Apophasis Now"
1 min
68
Denise Duhamel: "Poem in Which My Mother Snapped"
2 min
69
Hisham Bustani: "An inauspicious day from the g...
8 min
70
Lucretia Maria Davidson: "The Smile of Innocence"
4 min
71
Richard Butler Glaenzer: "Star-Magic"
2 min
72
Mark Halliday: "Hoops with Nets"
3 min
73
Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello: "The Houseguest"
3 min
74
Ashley M. Jones: "HOLYHEADHARRIET"
4 min
75
Megan Fernandes: "On the One Hand"
2 min