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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Cornelius Eady: "God Could Not Make Her a Poet"
3 min
1377
Afaa Michael Weaver: "Midnight Air in Louisville"
3 min
1378
Marie Howe: "My Dead Friends"
2 min
1379
Tim Seibles: "All the Time Blues Villanelle"
4 min
1380
Elizabeth Curtis Holman: "We Pulled a Rose in S...
1 min
1381
Waring Cuney: "No Images"
1 min
1382
Gail Mazur: "The Flea"
3 min
1383
Brandon D. Johnson: "Standing by a Shelf"
3 min
1384
Carl Phillips: "Why So This Quiet"
2 min
1385
Laure-Anne Bosselaar: "Late Afternoon Stroll on...
3 min
1386
E. Ethelbert Miller: "Crossing the Line"
2 min
1387
Helene Johnson: "Trees at Night"
2 min
1388
Arna Bontemps: "Length of Moon"
1 min
1389
Kimiko Hahn: "[The whale already]"
2 min
1390
Robert Pinsky: "Revisionary"
3 min
1391
Martín Espada: "Wake Up, Mario"
9 min
1392
Marilyn Nelson: "Last Mattress"
3 min
1393
Garrett Hongo: "On 'Phantasmagorique #15,' a Pa...
3 min
1394
Clarissa Scott Delany: "Joy"
1 min
1395
Langston Hughes: "As I Grew Older"
2 min
1396
Linda Susan Jackson: "Nailing Things Down"
3 min
1397
Joel Dias-Porter: "Three Wrong Notes"
3 min
1398
Sharon Olds: "Not Once"
3 min
1399
Yusef Komunyakaa: from “Autobiography of My Alt...
5 min
1400
Guest Editor Interview: February 2022 Guest Edi...
10 min