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