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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Willa Cather: "I Sought the Wood in Winter"
3 min
1327
Meghann Plunkett: "Climate"
2 min
1328
Alicia Mountain: "Drift"
3 min
1329
Monica McClure: "The Heedless Shephard"
2 min
1330
Hannah Aizenman: "As a Father of Daughters"
3 min
1331
Guest Editor Interview: March 2022 Guest Editor...
12 min
1332
Kwame Dawes: "It Bruises, Too"
3 min
1333
Effie Lee Newsome: "Exodus"
1 min
1334
Bruce Nugent: "Shadow"
1 min
1335
Patricia Smith: "The Sun, Mad Envious, Just Wan...
4 min
1336
Cornelius Eady: "God Could Not Make Her a Poet"
3 min
1337
Afaa Michael Weaver: "Midnight Air in Louisville"
3 min
1338
Marie Howe: "My Dead Friends"
2 min
1339
Tim Seibles: "All the Time Blues Villanelle"
4 min
1340
Elizabeth Curtis Holman: "We Pulled a Rose in S...
1 min
1341
Waring Cuney: "No Images"
1 min
1342
Gail Mazur: "The Flea"
3 min
1343
Brandon D. Johnson: "Standing by a Shelf"
3 min
1344
Carl Phillips: "Why So This Quiet"
2 min
1345
Laure-Anne Bosselaar: "Late Afternoon Stroll on...
3 min
1346
E. Ethelbert Miller: "Crossing the Line"
2 min
1347
Helene Johnson: "Trees at Night"
2 min
1348
Arna Bontemps: "Length of Moon"
1 min
1349
Kimiko Hahn: "[The whale already]"
2 min
1350
Robert Pinsky: "Revisionary"
3 min