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.
1201
Tim Seibles: "All the Time Blues Villanelle"
4 min
1202
Elizabeth Curtis Holman: "We Pulled a Rose in S...
1 min
1203
Waring Cuney: "No Images"
1 min
1204
Gail Mazur: "The Flea"
3 min
1205
Brandon D. Johnson: "Standing by a Shelf"
3 min
1206
Carl Phillips: "Why So This Quiet"
2 min
1207
Laure-Anne Bosselaar: "Late Afternoon Stroll on...
3 min
1208
E. Ethelbert Miller: "Crossing the Line"
2 min
1209
Helene Johnson: "Trees at Night"
2 min
1210
Arna Bontemps: "Length of Moon"
1 min
1211
Kimiko Hahn: "[The whale already]"
2 min
1212
Robert Pinsky: "Revisionary"
3 min
1213
Martín Espada: "Wake Up, Mario"
9 min
1214
Marilyn Nelson: "Last Mattress"
3 min
1215
Garrett Hongo: "On 'Phantasmagorique #15,' a Pa...
3 min
1216
Clarissa Scott Delany: "Joy"
1 min
1217
Langston Hughes: "As I Grew Older"
2 min
1218
Linda Susan Jackson: "Nailing Things Down"
3 min
1219
Joel Dias-Porter: "Three Wrong Notes"
3 min
1220
Sharon Olds: "Not Once"
3 min
1221
Yusef Komunyakaa: from “Autobiography of My Alt...
5 min
1222
Guest Editor Interview: February 2022 Guest Edi...
10 min
1223
Tamiko Beyer: February
4 min
1224
Sara Teasdale: "The Crystal Gazer"
1 min
1225
Stéphane Mallarmé: "Apparition"
2 min