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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E. Ethelbert Miller: "Crossing the Line"
2 min
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Helene Johnson: "Trees at Night"
2 min
1353
Arna Bontemps: "Length of Moon"
1 min
1354
Kimiko Hahn: "[The whale already]"
2 min
1355
Robert Pinsky: "Revisionary"
3 min
1356
Martín Espada: "Wake Up, Mario"
9 min
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Marilyn Nelson: "Last Mattress"
3 min
1358
Garrett Hongo: "On 'Phantasmagorique #15,' a Pa...
3 min
1359
Clarissa Scott Delany: "Joy"
1 min
1360
Langston Hughes: "As I Grew Older"
2 min
1361
Linda Susan Jackson: "Nailing Things Down"
3 min
1362
Joel Dias-Porter: "Three Wrong Notes"
3 min
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Sharon Olds: "Not Once"
3 min
1364
Yusef Komunyakaa: from “Autobiography of My Alt...
5 min
1365
Guest Editor Interview: February 2022 Guest Edi...
10 min
1366
Tamiko Beyer: February
4 min
1367
Sara Teasdale: "The Crystal Gazer"
1 min
1368
Stéphane Mallarmé: "Apparition"
2 min
1369
Eve L. Ewing: "testify"
2 min
1370
Sahar Romani: "Afternoon in Andalusia
3 min
1371
Jennifer Jean: "Inspiration Point"
3 min
1372
Bino A. Realuyo: "Euler's Equation"
3 min
1373
Su Hwang: "Little Matrons"
3 min
1374
Dorothy Parker: "Recurrence"
2 min
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Chaman Lall: "Departure"
2 min