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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Youmna Chlala: "Night Needs No Stars"
2 min
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Tracy Fuad: "Eclipse Season"
5 min
1328
Willa Carroll: "Cloud Demolition"
3 min
1329
Marianne Moore: "Reinforcements"
1 min
1330
Willa Cather: "I Sought the Wood in Winter"
3 min
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Meghann Plunkett: "Climate"
2 min
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Alicia Mountain: "Drift"
3 min
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Monica McClure: "The Heedless Shephard"
2 min
1334
Hannah Aizenman: "As a Father of Daughters"
3 min
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Guest Editor Interview: March 2022 Guest Editor...
12 min
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Kwame Dawes: "It Bruises, Too"
3 min
1337
Effie Lee Newsome: "Exodus"
1 min
1338
Bruce Nugent: "Shadow"
1 min
1339
Patricia Smith: "The Sun, Mad Envious, Just Wan...
4 min
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Cornelius Eady: "God Could Not Make Her a Poet"
3 min
1341
Afaa Michael Weaver: "Midnight Air in Louisville"
3 min
1342
Marie Howe: "My Dead Friends"
2 min
1343
Tim Seibles: "All the Time Blues Villanelle"
4 min
1344
Elizabeth Curtis Holman: "We Pulled a Rose in S...
1 min
1345
Waring Cuney: "No Images"
1 min
1346
Gail Mazur: "The Flea"
3 min
1347
Brandon D. Johnson: "Standing by a Shelf"
3 min
1348
Carl Phillips: "Why So This Quiet"
2 min
1349
Laure-Anne Bosselaar: "Late Afternoon Stroll on...
3 min
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E. Ethelbert Miller: "Crossing the Line"
2 min