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 Genevieve Shubeck. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.
1401
Tim Seibles: "All the Time Blues Villanelle"
4 min
1402
Elizabeth Curtis Holman: "We Pulled a Rose in S...
1 min
1403
Waring Cuney: "No Images"
1 min
1404
Gail Mazur: "The Flea"
3 min
1405
Brandon D. Johnson: "Standing by a Shelf"
3 min
1406
Carl Phillips: "Why So This Quiet"
2 min
1407
Laure-Anne Bosselaar: "Late Afternoon Stroll on...
3 min
1408
E. Ethelbert Miller: "Crossing the Line"
2 min
1409
Helene Johnson: "Trees at Night"
2 min
1410
Arna Bontemps: "Length of Moon"
1 min
1411
Kimiko Hahn: "[The whale already]"
2 min
1412
Robert Pinsky: "Revisionary"
3 min
1413
Martín Espada: "Wake Up, Mario"
9 min
1414
Marilyn Nelson: "Last Mattress"
3 min
1415
Garrett Hongo: "On 'Phantasmagorique #15,' a Pa...
3 min
1416
Clarissa Scott Delany: "Joy"
1 min
1417
Langston Hughes: "As I Grew Older"
2 min
1418
Linda Susan Jackson: "Nailing Things Down"
3 min
1419
Joel Dias-Porter: "Three Wrong Notes"
3 min
1420
Sharon Olds: "Not Once"
3 min
1421
Yusef Komunyakaa: from “Autobiography of My Alt...
5 min
1422
Guest Editor Interview: February 2022 Guest Edi...
10 min
1423
Tamiko Beyer: February
4 min
1424
Sara Teasdale: "The Crystal Gazer"
1 min
1425
Stéphane Mallarmé: "Apparition"
2 min