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.

Books
1276
Hannah Aizenman: "As a Father of Daughters"
3 min
1277
Guest Editor Interview: March 2022 Guest Editor...
12 min
1278
Kwame Dawes: "It Bruises, Too"
3 min
1279
Effie Lee Newsome: "Exodus"
1 min
1280
Bruce Nugent: "Shadow"
1 min
1281
Patricia Smith: "The Sun, Mad Envious, Just Wan...
4 min
1282
Cornelius Eady: "God Could Not Make Her a Poet"
3 min
1283
Afaa Michael Weaver: "Midnight Air in Louisville"
3 min
1284
Marie Howe: "My Dead Friends"
2 min
1285
Tim Seibles: "All the Time Blues Villanelle"
4 min
1286
Elizabeth Curtis Holman: "We Pulled a Rose in S...
1 min
1287
Waring Cuney: "No Images"
1 min
1288
Gail Mazur: "The Flea"
3 min
1289
Brandon D. Johnson: "Standing by a Shelf"
3 min
1290
Carl Phillips: "Why So This Quiet"
2 min
1291
Laure-Anne Bosselaar: "Late Afternoon Stroll on...
3 min
1292
E. Ethelbert Miller: "Crossing the Line"
2 min
1293
Helene Johnson: "Trees at Night"
2 min
1294
Arna Bontemps: "Length of Moon"
1 min
1295
Kimiko Hahn: "[The whale already]"
2 min
1296
Robert Pinsky: "Revisionary"
3 min
1297
Martín Espada: "Wake Up, Mario"
9 min
1298
Marilyn Nelson: "Last Mattress"
3 min
1299
Garrett Hongo: "On 'Phantasmagorique #15,' a Pa...
3 min
1300
Clarissa Scott Delany: "Joy"
1 min