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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Ella Wheeler Wilcox: "Love’s Language"
3 min
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Kinsale Drake: "Rebuke/ /Spell"
3 min
178
Zaina Alsous: "To a Young Poet"
4 min
179
Mónica Alexandra Jiménez: "Theft"
2 min
180
MaKshya Tolbert: "Ways to Measure Trees "
3 min
181
Chibueze Crouch-Anyarogbu: "host"
2 min
182
William Moore: "Expectancy"
3 min
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Angelina Weld Grimké: "Surrender"
3 min
184
Omar Berrada: "A Thistle Will Do"
3 min
185
Lily Painter: "Funk (#49 song)"
3 min
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Youna Kwak: "After [I never feel so alive as wh...
2 min
187
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
190
Frank Barbour Coffin: "The Negro’s 'America'”
3 min
191
Guest Editor Interview: February 2025 Guest Edi...
23 min
192
Robert Hass: "The Creek in Shirley Canyon"
3 min
193
Catherine Bowman: "Pears"
3 min
194
James Hannaham: " Apophasis Now"
1 min
195
Denise Duhamel: "Poem in Which My Mother Snapped"
2 min
196
Hisham Bustani: "An inauspicious day from the g...
8 min
197
Lucretia Maria Davidson: "The Smile of Innocence"
4 min
198
Richard Butler Glaenzer: "Star-Magic"
2 min
199
Mark Halliday: "Hoops with Nets"
3 min
200
Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello: "The Houseguest"
3 min