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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Stefania Gomez: "At the New York City AIDS Memo...
3 min
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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
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Alicia Mountain: "Drift"
3 min
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Monica McClure: "The Heedless Shephard"
2 min
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Hannah Aizenman: "As a Father of Daughters"
3 min
1336
Guest Editor Interview: March 2022 Guest Editor...
12 min
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Kwame Dawes: "It Bruises, Too"
3 min
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Effie Lee Newsome: "Exodus"
1 min
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Bruce Nugent: "Shadow"
1 min
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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
1342
Afaa Michael Weaver: "Midnight Air in Louisville"
3 min
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Marie Howe: "My Dead Friends"
2 min
1344
Tim Seibles: "All the Time Blues Villanelle"
4 min
1345
Elizabeth Curtis Holman: "We Pulled a Rose in S...
1 min
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Waring Cuney: "No Images"
1 min
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Gail Mazur: "The Flea"
3 min
1348
Brandon D. Johnson: "Standing by a Shelf"
3 min
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Carl Phillips: "Why So This Quiet"
2 min
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Laure-Anne Bosselaar: "Late Afternoon Stroll on...
3 min