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
1376
Laure-Anne Bosselaar: "Late Afternoon Stroll on...
3 min
1377
E. Ethelbert Miller: "Crossing the Line"
2 min
1378
Helene Johnson: "Trees at Night"
2 min
1379
Arna Bontemps: "Length of Moon"
1 min
1380
Kimiko Hahn: "[The whale already]"
2 min
1381
Robert Pinsky: "Revisionary"
3 min
1382
Martín Espada: "Wake Up, Mario"
9 min
1383
Marilyn Nelson: "Last Mattress"
3 min
1384
Garrett Hongo: "On 'Phantasmagorique #15,' a Pa...
3 min
1385
Clarissa Scott Delany: "Joy"
1 min
1386
Langston Hughes: "As I Grew Older"
2 min
1387
Linda Susan Jackson: "Nailing Things Down"
3 min
1388
Joel Dias-Porter: "Three Wrong Notes"
3 min
1389
Sharon Olds: "Not Once"
3 min
1390
Yusef Komunyakaa: from “Autobiography of My Alt...
5 min
1391
Guest Editor Interview: February 2022 Guest Edi...
10 min
1392
Tamiko Beyer: February
4 min
1393
Sara Teasdale: "The Crystal Gazer"
1 min
1394
Stéphane Mallarmé: "Apparition"
2 min
1395
Eve L. Ewing: "testify"
2 min
1396
Sahar Romani: "Afternoon in Andalusia
3 min
1397
Jennifer Jean: "Inspiration Point"
3 min
1398
Bino A. Realuyo: "Euler's Equation"
3 min
1399
Su Hwang: "Little Matrons"
3 min
1400
Dorothy Parker: "Recurrence"
2 min