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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T. J. Anderson III: "Pollinator"
5 min
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Roger Mitchell: "Going Back"
3 min
103
Elmaz Abinader: "True Metal"
3 min
104
David Wojahn: "Inauguration Day, 2025"
3 min
105
Talvikki Ansel: "The Lichens"
4 min
106
Lewis Carroll: "Christmas Greetings from a Fair...
3 min
107
Donald Justice: "The Artist Orpheus"
3 min
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Michael Dickman: "A Good Doctor"
3 min
109
Dalia Taha, translated by Sara Elkamel: "Enter...
7 min
110
Aliki Barnstone: "The Sign as You Exit the Arti...
5 min
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Yahya Frederickson: "News"
4 min
112
Chris Abani: "Ash Wednesday"
3 min
113
Charles Reznikoff: "XX" [A white curtain turnin...
2 min
114
Walter de la Mare: "A Song of Enchantment"
3 min
115
H. R. Webster: "Oranges"
5 min
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Lawrence Joseph: "The Imagination Completes Its...
3 min
117
Megan Levad Beisner: "The woman who cut and pai...
3 min
118
Robert Laidler: "Jr"
3 min
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Jennifer Huang: "Gender Euphoria and the Superb...
3 min
120
John Berryman: "Footing Our Cabin’s Lawn, Befor...
2 min
121
Wallace Stevens: "The Plot Against the Giant"
3 min
122
Richard Jackson: "A Loud Death"
5 min
123
Sophia Terazawa: From "September Roams a Vertic...
3 min
124
Maura Stanton: "A Night in Chicago"
3 min
125
Arthur Sze: "Qinghai Lake"
3 min