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