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
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Helene Johnson: "Trees at Night"
2 min
1253
Arna Bontemps: "Length of Moon"
1 min
1254
Kimiko Hahn: "[The whale already]"
2 min
1255
Robert Pinsky: "Revisionary"
3 min
1256
Martín Espada: "Wake Up, Mario"
9 min
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Marilyn Nelson: "Last Mattress"
3 min
1258
Garrett Hongo: "On 'Phantasmagorique #15,' a Pa...
3 min
1259
Clarissa Scott Delany: "Joy"
1 min
1260
Langston Hughes: "As I Grew Older"
2 min
1261
Linda Susan Jackson: "Nailing Things Down"
3 min
1262
Joel Dias-Porter: "Three Wrong Notes"
3 min
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Sharon Olds: "Not Once"
3 min
1264
Yusef Komunyakaa: from “Autobiography of My Alt...
5 min
1265
Guest Editor Interview: February 2022 Guest Edi...
10 min
1266
Tamiko Beyer: February
4 min
1267
Sara Teasdale: "The Crystal Gazer"
1 min
1268
Stéphane Mallarmé: "Apparition"
2 min
1269
Eve L. Ewing: "testify"
2 min
1270
Sahar Romani: "Afternoon in Andalusia
3 min
1271
Jennifer Jean: "Inspiration Point"
3 min
1272
Bino A. Realuyo: "Euler's Equation"
3 min
1273
Su Hwang: "Little Matrons"
3 min
1274
Dorothy Parker: "Recurrence"
2 min
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Chaman Lall: "Departure"
2 min