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
128
MaKshya Tolbert: "Ways to Measure Trees "
3 min
129
Chibueze Crouch-Anyarogbu: "host"
2 min
130
William Moore: "Expectancy"
3 min
131
Angelina Weld Grimké: "Surrender"
3 min
132
Omar Berrada: "A Thistle Will Do"
3 min
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Lily Painter: "Funk (#49 song)"
3 min
134
Youna Kwak: "After [I never feel so alive as wh...
2 min
135
Aldrin Regina Valdez: "January”
2 min
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m.s. RedCherries: "playing america in spring
1 min
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Blanche Taylor Dickinson: "Things Said When He ...
3 min
138
Frank Barbour Coffin: "The Negro’s 'America'”
3 min
139
Guest Editor Interview: February 2025 Guest Edi...
23 min
140
Robert Hass: "The Creek in Shirley Canyon"
3 min
141
Catherine Bowman: "Pears"
3 min
142
James Hannaham: " Apophasis Now"
1 min
143
Denise Duhamel: "Poem in Which My Mother Snapped"
2 min
144
Hisham Bustani: "An inauspicious day from the g...
8 min
145
Lucretia Maria Davidson: "The Smile of Innocence"
4 min
146
Richard Butler Glaenzer: "Star-Magic"
2 min
147
Mark Halliday: "Hoops with Nets"
3 min
148
Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello: "The Houseguest"
3 min
149
Ashley M. Jones: "HOLYHEADHARRIET"
4 min
150
Megan Fernandes: "On the One Hand"
2 min