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.
1051
Stefania Gomez: "At the New York City AIDS Memo...
3 min
1052
Youmna Chlala: "Night Needs No Stars"
2 min
1053
Tracy Fuad: "Eclipse Season"
5 min
1054
Willa Carroll: "Cloud Demolition"
3 min
1055
Marianne Moore: "Reinforcements"
1 min
1056
Willa Cather: "I Sought the Wood in Winter"
3 min
1057
Meghann Plunkett: "Climate"
2 min
1058
Alicia Mountain: "Drift"
3 min
1059
Monica McClure: "The Heedless Shephard"
2 min
1060
Hannah Aizenman: "As a Father of Daughters"
3 min
1061
Guest Editor Interview: March 2022 Guest Editor...
12 min
1062
Kwame Dawes: "It Bruises, Too"
3 min
1063
Effie Lee Newsome: "Exodus"
1 min
1064
Bruce Nugent: "Shadow"
1 min
1065
Patricia Smith: "The Sun, Mad Envious, Just Wan...
4 min
1066
Cornelius Eady: "God Could Not Make Her a Poet"
3 min
1067
Afaa Michael Weaver: "Midnight Air in Louisville"
3 min
1068
Marie Howe: "My Dead Friends"
2 min
1069
Tim Seibles: "All the Time Blues Villanelle"
4 min
1070
Elizabeth Curtis Holman: "We Pulled a Rose in S...
1 min
1071
Waring Cuney: "No Images"
1 min
1072
Gail Mazur: "The Flea"
3 min
1073
Brandon D. Johnson: "Standing by a Shelf"
3 min
1074
Carl Phillips: "Why So This Quiet"
2 min
1075
Laure-Anne Bosselaar: "Late Afternoon Stroll on...
3 min