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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Youmna Chlala: "Night Needs No Stars"
2 min
1152
Tracy Fuad: "Eclipse Season"
5 min
1153
Willa Carroll: "Cloud Demolition"
3 min
1154
Marianne Moore: "Reinforcements"
1 min
1155
Willa Cather: "I Sought the Wood in Winter"
3 min
1156
Meghann Plunkett: "Climate"
2 min
1157
Alicia Mountain: "Drift"
3 min
1158
Monica McClure: "The Heedless Shephard"
2 min
1159
Hannah Aizenman: "As a Father of Daughters"
3 min
1160
Guest Editor Interview: March 2022 Guest Editor...
12 min
1161
Kwame Dawes: "It Bruises, Too"
3 min
1162
Effie Lee Newsome: "Exodus"
1 min
1163
Bruce Nugent: "Shadow"
1 min
1164
Patricia Smith: "The Sun, Mad Envious, Just Wan...
4 min
1165
Cornelius Eady: "God Could Not Make Her a Poet"
3 min
1166
Afaa Michael Weaver: "Midnight Air in Louisville"
3 min
1167
Marie Howe: "My Dead Friends"
2 min
1168
Tim Seibles: "All the Time Blues Villanelle"
4 min
1169
Elizabeth Curtis Holman: "We Pulled a Rose in S...
1 min
1170
Waring Cuney: "No Images"
1 min
1171
Gail Mazur: "The Flea"
3 min
1172
Brandon D. Johnson: "Standing by a Shelf"
3 min
1173
Carl Phillips: "Why So This Quiet"
2 min
1174
Laure-Anne Bosselaar: "Late Afternoon Stroll on...
3 min
1175
E. Ethelbert Miller: "Crossing the Line"
2 min