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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Marilyn Nelson: "Last Mattress"
3 min
1002
Garrett Hongo: "On 'Phantasmagorique #15,' a Pa...
3 min
1003
Clarissa Scott Delany: "Joy"
1 min
1004
Langston Hughes: "As I Grew Older"
2 min
1005
Linda Susan Jackson: "Nailing Things Down"
3 min
1006
Joel Dias-Porter: "Three Wrong Notes"
3 min
1007
Sharon Olds: "Not Once"
3 min
1008
Yusef Komunyakaa: from “Autobiography of My Alt...
5 min
1009
Guest Editor Interview: February 2022 Guest Edi...
10 min
1010
Tamiko Beyer: February
4 min
1011
Sara Teasdale: "The Crystal Gazer"
1 min
1012
Stéphane Mallarmé: "Apparition"
2 min
1013
Eve L. Ewing: "testify"
2 min
1014
Sahar Romani: "Afternoon in Andalusia
3 min
1015
Jennifer Jean: "Inspiration Point"
3 min
1016
Bino A. Realuyo: "Euler's Equation"
3 min
1017
Su Hwang: "Little Matrons"
3 min
1018
Dorothy Parker: "Recurrence"
2 min
1019
Chaman Lall: "Departure"
2 min
1020
Safia Jama: "It’s Not Really about Them, It’s a...
3 min
1021
Jared Harél: "January 20, 2021"
3 min
1022
Christopher Santiago: "Insurrecto"
5 min
1023
Dimitri Reyes: "[Oye! This is an apartment buil...
3 min
1024
Hossannah Asuncion: "Suspending Disbelief While...
3 min
1025
W. E. B. Du Bois: "The Song of the Smoke"
3 min