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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Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha: "Femme Futures"
9 min
1327
Noʻu Revilla: "Welcome to the Gut House"
5 min
1328
Stefania Gomez: "At the New York City AIDS Memo...
3 min
1329
Youmna Chlala: "Night Needs No Stars"
2 min
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Tracy Fuad: "Eclipse Season"
5 min
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Willa Carroll: "Cloud Demolition"
3 min
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Marianne Moore: "Reinforcements"
1 min
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Willa Cather: "I Sought the Wood in Winter"
3 min
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Meghann Plunkett: "Climate"
2 min
1335
Alicia Mountain: "Drift"
3 min
1336
Monica McClure: "The Heedless Shephard"
2 min
1337
Hannah Aizenman: "As a Father of Daughters"
3 min
1338
Guest Editor Interview: March 2022 Guest Editor...
12 min
1339
Kwame Dawes: "It Bruises, Too"
3 min
1340
Effie Lee Newsome: "Exodus"
1 min
1341
Bruce Nugent: "Shadow"
1 min
1342
Patricia Smith: "The Sun, Mad Envious, Just Wan...
4 min
1343
Cornelius Eady: "God Could Not Make Her a Poet"
3 min
1344
Afaa Michael Weaver: "Midnight Air in Louisville"
3 min
1345
Marie Howe: "My Dead Friends"
2 min
1346
Tim Seibles: "All the Time Blues Villanelle"
4 min
1347
Elizabeth Curtis Holman: "We Pulled a Rose in S...
1 min
1348
Waring Cuney: "No Images"
1 min
1349
Gail Mazur: "The Flea"
3 min
1350
Brandon D. Johnson: "Standing by a Shelf"
3 min