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
1326
Elizabeth Curtis Holman: "We Pulled a Rose in S...
1 min
1327
Waring Cuney: "No Images"
1 min
1328
Gail Mazur: "The Flea"
3 min
1329
Brandon D. Johnson: "Standing by a Shelf"
3 min
1330
Carl Phillips: "Why So This Quiet"
2 min
1331
Laure-Anne Bosselaar: "Late Afternoon Stroll on...
3 min
1332
E. Ethelbert Miller: "Crossing the Line"
2 min
1333
Helene Johnson: "Trees at Night"
2 min
1334
Arna Bontemps: "Length of Moon"
1 min
1335
Kimiko Hahn: "[The whale already]"
2 min
1336
Robert Pinsky: "Revisionary"
3 min
1337
Martín Espada: "Wake Up, Mario"
9 min
1338
Marilyn Nelson: "Last Mattress"
3 min
1339
Garrett Hongo: "On 'Phantasmagorique #15,' a Pa...
3 min
1340
Clarissa Scott Delany: "Joy"
1 min
1341
Langston Hughes: "As I Grew Older"
2 min
1342
Linda Susan Jackson: "Nailing Things Down"
3 min
1343
Joel Dias-Porter: "Three Wrong Notes"
3 min
1344
Sharon Olds: "Not Once"
3 min
1345
Yusef Komunyakaa: from “Autobiography of My Alt...
5 min
1346
Guest Editor Interview: February 2022 Guest Edi...
10 min
1347
Tamiko Beyer: February
4 min
1348
Sara Teasdale: "The Crystal Gazer"
1 min
1349
Stéphane Mallarmé: "Apparition"
2 min
1350
Eve L. Ewing: "testify"
2 min