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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Helene Johnson: "Trees at Night"
2 min
1277
Arna Bontemps: "Length of Moon"
1 min
1278
Kimiko Hahn: "[The whale already]"
2 min
1279
Robert Pinsky: "Revisionary"
3 min
1280
Martín Espada: "Wake Up, Mario"
9 min
1281
Marilyn Nelson: "Last Mattress"
3 min
1282
Garrett Hongo: "On 'Phantasmagorique #15,' a Pa...
3 min
1283
Clarissa Scott Delany: "Joy"
1 min
1284
Langston Hughes: "As I Grew Older"
2 min
1285
Linda Susan Jackson: "Nailing Things Down"
3 min
1286
Joel Dias-Porter: "Three Wrong Notes"
3 min
1287
Sharon Olds: "Not Once"
3 min
1288
Yusef Komunyakaa: from “Autobiography of My Alt...
5 min
1289
Guest Editor Interview: February 2022 Guest Edi...
10 min
1290
Tamiko Beyer: February
4 min
1291
Sara Teasdale: "The Crystal Gazer"
1 min
1292
Stéphane Mallarmé: "Apparition"
2 min
1293
Eve L. Ewing: "testify"
2 min
1294
Sahar Romani: "Afternoon in Andalusia
3 min
1295
Jennifer Jean: "Inspiration Point"
3 min
1296
Bino A. Realuyo: "Euler's Equation"
3 min
1297
Su Hwang: "Little Matrons"
3 min
1298
Dorothy Parker: "Recurrence"
2 min
1299
Chaman Lall: "Departure"
2 min
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Safia Jama: "It’s Not Really about Them, It’s a...
3 min