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
1277
Tracy Fuad: "Eclipse Season"
5 min
1278
Willa Carroll: "Cloud Demolition"
3 min
1279
Marianne Moore: "Reinforcements"
1 min
1280
Willa Cather: "I Sought the Wood in Winter"
3 min
1281
Meghann Plunkett: "Climate"
2 min
1282
Alicia Mountain: "Drift"
3 min
1283
Monica McClure: "The Heedless Shephard"
2 min
1284
Hannah Aizenman: "As a Father of Daughters"
3 min
1285
Guest Editor Interview: March 2022 Guest Editor...
12 min
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Kwame Dawes: "It Bruises, Too"
3 min
1287
Effie Lee Newsome: "Exodus"
1 min
1288
Bruce Nugent: "Shadow"
1 min
1289
Patricia Smith: "The Sun, Mad Envious, Just Wan...
4 min
1290
Cornelius Eady: "God Could Not Make Her a Poet"
3 min
1291
Afaa Michael Weaver: "Midnight Air in Louisville"
3 min
1292
Marie Howe: "My Dead Friends"
2 min
1293
Tim Seibles: "All the Time Blues Villanelle"
4 min
1294
Elizabeth Curtis Holman: "We Pulled a Rose in S...
1 min
1295
Waring Cuney: "No Images"
1 min
1296
Gail Mazur: "The Flea"
3 min
1297
Brandon D. Johnson: "Standing by a Shelf"
3 min
1298
Carl Phillips: "Why So This Quiet"
2 min
1299
Laure-Anne Bosselaar: "Late Afternoon Stroll on...
3 min
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E. Ethelbert Miller: "Crossing the Line"
2 min