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
1351
Waring Cuney: "No Images"
1 min
1352
Gail Mazur: "The Flea"
3 min
1353
Brandon D. Johnson: "Standing by a Shelf"
3 min
1354
Carl Phillips: "Why So This Quiet"
2 min
1355
Laure-Anne Bosselaar: "Late Afternoon Stroll on...
3 min
1356
E. Ethelbert Miller: "Crossing the Line"
2 min
1357
Helene Johnson: "Trees at Night"
2 min
1358
Arna Bontemps: "Length of Moon"
1 min
1359
Kimiko Hahn: "[The whale already]"
2 min
1360
Robert Pinsky: "Revisionary"
3 min
1361
Martín Espada: "Wake Up, Mario"
9 min
1362
Marilyn Nelson: "Last Mattress"
3 min
1363
Garrett Hongo: "On 'Phantasmagorique #15,' a Pa...
3 min
1364
Clarissa Scott Delany: "Joy"
1 min
1365
Langston Hughes: "As I Grew Older"
2 min
1366
Linda Susan Jackson: "Nailing Things Down"
3 min
1367
Joel Dias-Porter: "Three Wrong Notes"
3 min
1368
Sharon Olds: "Not Once"
3 min
1369
Yusef Komunyakaa: from “Autobiography of My Alt...
5 min
1370
Guest Editor Interview: February 2022 Guest Edi...
10 min
1371
Tamiko Beyer: February
4 min
1372
Sara Teasdale: "The Crystal Gazer"
1 min
1373
Stéphane Mallarmé: "Apparition"
2 min
1374
Eve L. Ewing: "testify"
2 min
1375
Sahar Romani: "Afternoon in Andalusia
3 min