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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Leila Chatti: "The World Is Too Much With Us"
3 min
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Reginald Dwayne Betts: "Petrichor"
3 min
128
Pádraig Ó Tuama: "Our Lady of the Garden"
3 min
129
Martial, translated by Henry Howard: "The Means...
3 min
130
Genevieve Taggard: "Going Somewhere"
3 min
131
Angela Narciso Torres: "Late Bird"
2 min
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AE Hines: "Peace Treaty"
3 min
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Daniel B. Summerhill: "Boplicity or Jimmy Throw...
4 min
134
Jenny George: "Touching and Being Touched"
2 min
135
Maggie Smith: "This human life"
3 min
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Leonora Speyer: "She says, being forbidden:"
2 min
137
Horace Gregory: "Interior: The Suburbs"
3 min
138
Guest Editor Interview: March 2026 Guest Editor...
17 min
139
Salem al-Okaly, translated by Khaled Mattawa: "...
5 min
140
Sanam Sheriff: "The Emperor Pats His Lips with ...
3 min
141
Mary-Alice Daniel: "Ancestor Syndrome"
4 min
142
Kwame Dawes: "Window Art"
3 min
143
Ladan Osman: "[ ]"
3 min
144
Pindar, translated by Ernest Myers: "For Asopic...
4 min
145
Robert Bridges: "[The evening darkens over]"
3 min
146
Siwar Masannat: From “With Al-Hudoud” [From abo...
2 min
147
Ashaki M. Jackson: “Four planets (but no moon) ...
3 min
148
Rabha Ashry: "the art of losing"
4 min
149
Rigoberto González: "Lessons at the Legendary I...
2 min
150
Sharan Strange: "Two-Faced Memory"
3 min