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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Martín Espada: "Wake Up, Mario"
9 min
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Marilyn Nelson: "Last Mattress"
3 min
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Garrett Hongo: "On 'Phantasmagorique #15,' a Pa...
3 min
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Clarissa Scott Delany: "Joy"
1 min
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Langston Hughes: "As I Grew Older"
2 min
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Linda Susan Jackson: "Nailing Things Down"
3 min
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Joel Dias-Porter: "Three Wrong Notes"
3 min
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Sharon Olds: "Not Once"
3 min
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Yusef Komunyakaa: from “Autobiography of My Alt...
5 min
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Guest Editor Interview: February 2022 Guest Edi...
10 min
1361
Tamiko Beyer: February
4 min
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Sara Teasdale: "The Crystal Gazer"
1 min
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Stéphane Mallarmé: "Apparition"
2 min
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Eve L. Ewing: "testify"
2 min
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Sahar Romani: "Afternoon in Andalusia
3 min
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Jennifer Jean: "Inspiration Point"
3 min
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Bino A. Realuyo: "Euler's Equation"
3 min
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Su Hwang: "Little Matrons"
3 min
1369
Dorothy Parker: "Recurrence"
2 min
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Chaman Lall: "Departure"
2 min
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Safia Jama: "It’s Not Really about Them, It’s a...
3 min
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Jared Harél: "January 20, 2021"
3 min
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Christopher Santiago: "Insurrecto"
5 min
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Dimitri Reyes: "[Oye! This is an apartment buil...
3 min
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Hossannah Asuncion: "Suspending Disbelief While...
3 min