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
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Marianne Moore: "Reinforcements"
1 min
1302
Willa Cather: "I Sought the Wood in Winter"
3 min
1303
Meghann Plunkett: "Climate"
2 min
1304
Alicia Mountain: "Drift"
3 min
1305
Monica McClure: "The Heedless Shephard"
2 min
1306
Hannah Aizenman: "As a Father of Daughters"
3 min
1307
Guest Editor Interview: March 2022 Guest Editor...
12 min
1308
Kwame Dawes: "It Bruises, Too"
3 min
1309
Effie Lee Newsome: "Exodus"
1 min
1310
Bruce Nugent: "Shadow"
1 min
1311
Patricia Smith: "The Sun, Mad Envious, Just Wan...
4 min
1312
Cornelius Eady: "God Could Not Make Her a Poet"
3 min
1313
Afaa Michael Weaver: "Midnight Air in Louisville"
3 min
1314
Marie Howe: "My Dead Friends"
2 min
1315
Tim Seibles: "All the Time Blues Villanelle"
4 min
1316
Elizabeth Curtis Holman: "We Pulled a Rose in S...
1 min
1317
Waring Cuney: "No Images"
1 min
1318
Gail Mazur: "The Flea"
3 min
1319
Brandon D. Johnson: "Standing by a Shelf"
3 min
1320
Carl Phillips: "Why So This Quiet"
2 min
1321
Laure-Anne Bosselaar: "Late Afternoon Stroll on...
3 min
1322
E. Ethelbert Miller: "Crossing the Line"
2 min
1323
Helene Johnson: "Trees at Night"
2 min
1324
Arna Bontemps: "Length of Moon"
1 min
1325
Kimiko Hahn: "[The whale already]"
2 min