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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Mary Shelley: "Stanzas" [How like a star you ro...
3 min
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T. J. Anderson III: "Pollinator"
5 min
178
Roger Mitchell: "Going Back"
3 min
179
Elmaz Abinader: "True Metal"
3 min
180
David Wojahn: "Inauguration Day, 2025"
3 min
181
Talvikki Ansel: "The Lichens"
4 min
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Lewis Carroll: "Christmas Greetings from a Fair...
3 min
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Donald Justice: "The Artist Orpheus"
3 min
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Michael Dickman: "A Good Doctor"
3 min
185
Dalia Taha, translated by Sara Elkamel: "Enter...
7 min
186
Aliki Barnstone: "The Sign as You Exit the Arti...
5 min
187
Yahya Frederickson: "News"
4 min
188
Chris Abani: "Ash Wednesday"
3 min
189
Charles Reznikoff: "XX" [A white curtain turnin...
2 min
190
Walter de la Mare: "A Song of Enchantment"
3 min
191
H. R. Webster: "Oranges"
5 min
192
Lawrence Joseph: "The Imagination Completes Its...
3 min
193
Megan Levad Beisner: "The woman who cut and pai...
3 min
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Robert Laidler: "Jr"
3 min
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Jennifer Huang: "Gender Euphoria and the Superb...
3 min
196
John Berryman: "Footing Our Cabin’s Lawn, Befor...
2 min
197
Wallace Stevens: "The Plot Against the Giant"
3 min
198
Richard Jackson: "A Loud Death"
5 min
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Sophia Terazawa: From "September Roams a Vertic...
3 min
200
Maura Stanton: "A Night in Chicago"
3 min