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
202
Reginald Dwayne Betts: "Petrichor"
3 min
203
Pádraig Ó Tuama: "Our Lady of the Garden"
3 min
204
Martial, translated by Henry Howard: "The Means...
3 min
205
Genevieve Taggard: "Going Somewhere"
3 min
206
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
209
Jenny George: "Touching and Being Touched"
2 min
210
Maggie Smith: "This human life"
3 min
211
Leonora Speyer: "She says, being forbidden:"
2 min
212
Guest Editor Interview: March 2026 Guest Editor...
17 min
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Horace Gregory: "Interior: The Suburbs"
3 min
214
Salem al-Okaly, translated by Khaled Mattawa: "...
5 min
215
Sanam Sheriff: "The Emperor Pats His Lips with ...
3 min
216
Mary-Alice Daniel: "Ancestor Syndrome"
4 min
217
Kwame Dawes: "Window Art"
3 min
218
Ladan Osman: "[ ]"
3 min
219
Pindar, translated by Ernest Myers: "For Asopic...
4 min
220
Robert Bridges: "[The evening darkens over]"
3 min
221
Siwar Masannat: From “With Al-Hudoud” [From abo...
2 min
222
Ashaki M. Jackson: “Four planets (but no moon) ...
3 min
223
Rabha Ashry: "the art of losing"
4 min
224
Rigoberto González: "Lessons at the Legendary I...
2 min
225
Sharan Strange: "Two-Faced Memory"
3 min