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
E. Ethelbert Miller: "Crossing the Line"
2 min
1202
Helene Johnson: "Trees at Night"
2 min
1203
Arna Bontemps: "Length of Moon"
1 min
1204
Kimiko Hahn: "[The whale already]"
2 min
1205
Robert Pinsky: "Revisionary"
3 min
1206
Martín Espada: "Wake Up, Mario"
9 min
1207
Marilyn Nelson: "Last Mattress"
3 min
1208
Garrett Hongo: "On 'Phantasmagorique #15,' a Pa...
3 min
1209
Clarissa Scott Delany: "Joy"
1 min
1210
Langston Hughes: "As I Grew Older"
2 min
1211
Linda Susan Jackson: "Nailing Things Down"
3 min
1212
Joel Dias-Porter: "Three Wrong Notes"
3 min
1213
Sharon Olds: "Not Once"
3 min
1214
Yusef Komunyakaa: from “Autobiography of My Alt...
5 min
1215
Guest Editor Interview: February 2022 Guest Edi...
10 min
1216
Tamiko Beyer: February
4 min
1217
Sara Teasdale: "The Crystal Gazer"
1 min
1218
Stéphane Mallarmé: "Apparition"
2 min
1219
Eve L. Ewing: "testify"
2 min
1220
Sahar Romani: "Afternoon in Andalusia
3 min
1221
Jennifer Jean: "Inspiration Point"
3 min
1222
Bino A. Realuyo: "Euler's Equation"
3 min
1223
Su Hwang: "Little Matrons"
3 min
1224
Dorothy Parker: "Recurrence"
2 min
1225
Chaman Lall: "Departure"
2 min