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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Marilyn Nelson: "Last Mattress"
3 min
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Garrett Hongo: "On 'Phantasmagorique #15,' a Pa...
3 min
1278
Clarissa Scott Delany: "Joy"
1 min
1279
Langston Hughes: "As I Grew Older"
2 min
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Linda Susan Jackson: "Nailing Things Down"
3 min
1281
Joel Dias-Porter: "Three Wrong Notes"
3 min
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Sharon Olds: "Not Once"
3 min
1283
Yusef Komunyakaa: from “Autobiography of My Alt...
5 min
1284
Guest Editor Interview: February 2022 Guest Edi...
10 min
1285
Tamiko Beyer: February
4 min
1286
Sara Teasdale: "The Crystal Gazer"
1 min
1287
Stéphane Mallarmé: "Apparition"
2 min
1288
Eve L. Ewing: "testify"
2 min
1289
Sahar Romani: "Afternoon in Andalusia
3 min
1290
Jennifer Jean: "Inspiration Point"
3 min
1291
Bino A. Realuyo: "Euler's Equation"
3 min
1292
Su Hwang: "Little Matrons"
3 min
1293
Dorothy Parker: "Recurrence"
2 min
1294
Chaman Lall: "Departure"
2 min
1295
Safia Jama: "It’s Not Really about Them, It’s a...
3 min
1296
Jared Harél: "January 20, 2021"
3 min
1297
Christopher Santiago: "Insurrecto"
5 min
1298
Dimitri Reyes: "[Oye! This is an apartment buil...
3 min
1299
Hossannah Asuncion: "Suspending Disbelief While...
3 min
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W. E. B. Du Bois: "The Song of the Smoke"
3 min