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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Gail Mazur: "The Flea"
3 min
1277
Brandon D. Johnson: "Standing by a Shelf"
3 min
1278
Carl Phillips: "Why So This Quiet"
2 min
1279
Laure-Anne Bosselaar: "Late Afternoon Stroll on...
3 min
1280
E. Ethelbert Miller: "Crossing the Line"
2 min
1281
Helene Johnson: "Trees at Night"
2 min
1282
Arna Bontemps: "Length of Moon"
1 min
1283
Kimiko Hahn: "[The whale already]"
2 min
1284
Robert Pinsky: "Revisionary"
3 min
1285
Martín Espada: "Wake Up, Mario"
9 min
1286
Marilyn Nelson: "Last Mattress"
3 min
1287
Garrett Hongo: "On 'Phantasmagorique #15,' a Pa...
3 min
1288
Clarissa Scott Delany: "Joy"
1 min
1289
Langston Hughes: "As I Grew Older"
2 min
1290
Linda Susan Jackson: "Nailing Things Down"
3 min
1291
Joel Dias-Porter: "Three Wrong Notes"
3 min
1292
Sharon Olds: "Not Once"
3 min
1293
Yusef Komunyakaa: from “Autobiography of My Alt...
5 min
1294
Guest Editor Interview: February 2022 Guest Edi...
10 min
1295
Tamiko Beyer: February
4 min
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Sara Teasdale: "The Crystal Gazer"
1 min
1297
Stéphane Mallarmé: "Apparition"
2 min
1298
Eve L. Ewing: "testify"
2 min
1299
Sahar Romani: "Afternoon in Andalusia
3 min
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Jennifer Jean: "Inspiration Point"
3 min