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.

Books
1076
Laure-Anne Bosselaar: "Late Afternoon Stroll on...
3 min
1077
E. Ethelbert Miller: "Crossing the Line"
2 min
1078
Helene Johnson: "Trees at Night"
2 min
1079
Arna Bontemps: "Length of Moon"
1 min
1080
Kimiko Hahn: "[The whale already]"
2 min
1081
Robert Pinsky: "Revisionary"
3 min
1082
Martín Espada: "Wake Up, Mario"
9 min
1083
Marilyn Nelson: "Last Mattress"
3 min
1084
Garrett Hongo: "On 'Phantasmagorique #15,' a Pa...
3 min
1085
Clarissa Scott Delany: "Joy"
1 min
1086
Langston Hughes: "As I Grew Older"
2 min
1087
Linda Susan Jackson: "Nailing Things Down"
3 min
1088
Joel Dias-Porter: "Three Wrong Notes"
3 min
1089
Sharon Olds: "Not Once"
3 min
1090
Yusef Komunyakaa: from “Autobiography of My Alt...
5 min
1091
Guest Editor Interview: February 2022 Guest Edi...
10 min
1092
Tamiko Beyer: February
4 min
1093
Sara Teasdale: "The Crystal Gazer"
1 min
1094
Stéphane Mallarmé: "Apparition"
2 min
1095
Eve L. Ewing: "testify"
2 min
1096
Sahar Romani: "Afternoon in Andalusia
3 min
1097
Jennifer Jean: "Inspiration Point"
3 min
1098
Bino A. Realuyo: "Euler's Equation"
3 min
1099
Su Hwang: "Little Matrons"
3 min
1100
Dorothy Parker: "Recurrence"
2 min