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
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Noʻu Revilla: "Welcome to the Gut House"
5 min
1352
Stefania Gomez: "At the New York City AIDS Memo...
3 min
1353
Youmna Chlala: "Night Needs No Stars"
2 min
1354
Tracy Fuad: "Eclipse Season"
5 min
1355
Willa Carroll: "Cloud Demolition"
3 min
1356
Marianne Moore: "Reinforcements"
1 min
1357
Willa Cather: "I Sought the Wood in Winter"
3 min
1358
Meghann Plunkett: "Climate"
2 min
1359
Alicia Mountain: "Drift"
3 min
1360
Monica McClure: "The Heedless Shephard"
2 min
1361
Hannah Aizenman: "As a Father of Daughters"
3 min
1362
Guest Editor Interview: March 2022 Guest Editor...
12 min
1363
Kwame Dawes: "It Bruises, Too"
3 min
1364
Effie Lee Newsome: "Exodus"
1 min
1365
Bruce Nugent: "Shadow"
1 min
1366
Patricia Smith: "The Sun, Mad Envious, Just Wan...
4 min
1367
Cornelius Eady: "God Could Not Make Her a Poet"
3 min
1368
Afaa Michael Weaver: "Midnight Air in Louisville"
3 min
1369
Marie Howe: "My Dead Friends"
2 min
1370
Tim Seibles: "All the Time Blues Villanelle"
4 min
1371
Elizabeth Curtis Holman: "We Pulled a Rose in S...
1 min
1372
Waring Cuney: "No Images"
1 min
1373
Gail Mazur: "The Flea"
3 min
1374
Brandon D. Johnson: "Standing by a Shelf"
3 min
1375
Carl Phillips: "Why So This Quiet"
2 min