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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Arna Bontemps: "Length of Moon"
1 min
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Kimiko Hahn: "[The whale already]"
2 min
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Robert Pinsky: "Revisionary"
3 min
1279
Martín Espada: "Wake Up, Mario"
9 min
1280
Marilyn Nelson: "Last Mattress"
3 min
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Garrett Hongo: "On 'Phantasmagorique #15,' a Pa...
3 min
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Clarissa Scott Delany: "Joy"
1 min
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Langston Hughes: "As I Grew Older"
2 min
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Linda Susan Jackson: "Nailing Things Down"
3 min
1285
Joel Dias-Porter: "Three Wrong Notes"
3 min
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Sharon Olds: "Not Once"
3 min
1287
Yusef Komunyakaa: from “Autobiography of My Alt...
5 min
1288
Guest Editor Interview: February 2022 Guest Edi...
10 min
1289
Tamiko Beyer: February
4 min
1290
Sara Teasdale: "The Crystal Gazer"
1 min
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Stéphane Mallarmé: "Apparition"
2 min
1292
Eve L. Ewing: "testify"
2 min
1293
Sahar Romani: "Afternoon in Andalusia
3 min
1294
Jennifer Jean: "Inspiration Point"
3 min
1295
Bino A. Realuyo: "Euler's Equation"
3 min
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Su Hwang: "Little Matrons"
3 min
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Dorothy Parker: "Recurrence"
2 min
1298
Chaman Lall: "Departure"
2 min
1299
Safia Jama: "It’s Not Really about Them, It’s a...
3 min
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Jared Harél: "January 20, 2021"
3 min