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
Robert Pinsky: "Revisionary"
3 min
1327
Martín Espada: "Wake Up, Mario"
9 min
1328
Marilyn Nelson: "Last Mattress"
3 min
1329
Garrett Hongo: "On 'Phantasmagorique #15,' a Pa...
3 min
1330
Clarissa Scott Delany: "Joy"
1 min
1331
Langston Hughes: "As I Grew Older"
2 min
1332
Linda Susan Jackson: "Nailing Things Down"
3 min
1333
Joel Dias-Porter: "Three Wrong Notes"
3 min
1334
Sharon Olds: "Not Once"
3 min
1335
Yusef Komunyakaa: from “Autobiography of My Alt...
5 min
1336
Guest Editor Interview: February 2022 Guest Edi...
10 min
1337
Tamiko Beyer: February
4 min
1338
Sara Teasdale: "The Crystal Gazer"
1 min
1339
Stéphane Mallarmé: "Apparition"
2 min
1340
Eve L. Ewing: "testify"
2 min
1341
Sahar Romani: "Afternoon in Andalusia
3 min
1342
Jennifer Jean: "Inspiration Point"
3 min
1343
Bino A. Realuyo: "Euler's Equation"
3 min
1344
Su Hwang: "Little Matrons"
3 min
1345
Dorothy Parker: "Recurrence"
2 min
1346
Chaman Lall: "Departure"
2 min
1347
Safia Jama: "It’s Not Really about Them, It’s a...
3 min
1348
Jared Harél: "January 20, 2021"
3 min
1349
Christopher Santiago: "Insurrecto"
5 min
1350
Dimitri Reyes: "[Oye! This is an apartment buil...
3 min