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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Pankajini Basu: "Basanta Panchami"
4 min
802
Sam Sax: "Pedagogy"
3 min
803
Debra Allbery: "Sidereal"
3 min
804
Jade Cho: "Three Months Since"
3 min
805
Cameron Awkward-Rich: "My Life Closed Twice"
2 min
806
Safia Elhillo: "Amsterdam"
3 min
807
Jun Fujita: "[A frail hepatica]"
2 min
808
Allison Hutchcraft: "Though from Here I Can’t S...
4 min
809
Elizabeth Acevedo: "Self-Portrait as Lilith"
3 min
810
Jay Deshpande: "Wanting a Child"
4 min
811
Leigh Lucas: "Dirtbag"
3 min
812
Sarah Kay: "In the House With No Doors"
4 min
813
Sandra Lim: "Poem"
2 min
814
Guest Editor Interview: May 2023 Guest Editor H...
13 min
815
William Faulkner: "[The ringèd moon sits eerily]"
4 min
816
RK Fauth: "Playing with Bees"
3 min
817
Kevin Young: "Ledge"
3 min
818
Rebecca Lindenberg: "The Splendid Body"
4 min
819
Ross Gay: "Throwing Children"
3 min
820
Ansel Elkins: "Someone Forgot to Whisper Your D...
4 min
821
Natalie Diaz: "Alchemy Horse"
8 min
822
Hilda Conkling: "Gift"
3 min
823
John James: "Lullaby"
4 min
824
Camille T. Dungy: "let grow more winter fat / w...
2 min
825
Analicia Sotelo: "Eating the Moon in Cotulla, TX"
3 min