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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Mary Leauna Christensen: "Grandmother"
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Margo Tamez: "I am the daughter my mother raise...
2 min
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Tanaya Winder: "For Girls Who Run Through Storm...
4 min
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Hamza Mohamed: "If I Was President"
2 min
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Valeria Ruiz: "You Know Me"
3 min
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Cynthia Hogue: "Spells for Dread"
4 min
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Guest Editor Interview: November 2024 Guest Edi...
11 min
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Cynthia Cruz: "In This Light the Junk Undergoes...
3 min
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Soham Patel: "Sai Tells a Ghost Story"
2 min
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Oliver de la Paz: "When Benny Agbayani Became a...
5 min
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Elisabeth Frost: From “The Uncured World”
3 min
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Eugene Field: "Ipswich"
4 min
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: "The Spirit of Poetry"
5 min
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Allison Albino: "Cast Iron"
2 min
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Quincy Scott Jones: "Why Wake up Happy"
2 min
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J. Mae Barizo: "Indeterminacy"
2 min
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Timothy Yu: "Chinese Dream 61"
2 min
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Charlotte Meehan: "Motherless Son"
2 min
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Lucy Larcom: "The City Lights"
4 min
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox: "Ghosts"
3 min
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Margaret Rhee: "Crooked"
2 min
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Evie Shockley: "job prescription"
2 min
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Hyejung Kook: "Dead Reckoning"
2 min
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Idra Novey: "Value City"
4 min
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Helene Achanzar: "The only poem I can write"
2 min