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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Gail Mazur: "The Flea"
3 min
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Brandon D. Johnson: "Standing by a Shelf"
3 min
1353
Carl Phillips: "Why So This Quiet"
2 min
1354
Laure-Anne Bosselaar: "Late Afternoon Stroll on...
3 min
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E. Ethelbert Miller: "Crossing the Line"
2 min
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Helene Johnson: "Trees at Night"
2 min
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Arna Bontemps: "Length of Moon"
1 min
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Kimiko Hahn: "[The whale already]"
2 min
1359
Robert Pinsky: "Revisionary"
3 min
1360
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
1363
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
1368
Yusef Komunyakaa: from “Autobiography of My Alt...
5 min
1369
Guest Editor Interview: February 2022 Guest Edi...
10 min
1370
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
1375
Jennifer Jean: "Inspiration Point"
3 min