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