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
Monica McClure: "The Heedless Shephard"
2 min
1402
Hannah Aizenman: "As a Father of Daughters"
3 min
1403
Guest Editor Interview: March 2022 Guest Editor...
12 min
1404
Kwame Dawes: "It Bruises, Too"
3 min
1405
Effie Lee Newsome: "Exodus"
1 min
1406
Bruce Nugent: "Shadow"
1 min
1407
Patricia Smith: "The Sun, Mad Envious, Just Wan...
4 min
1408
Cornelius Eady: "God Could Not Make Her a Poet"
3 min
1409
Afaa Michael Weaver: "Midnight Air in Louisville"
3 min
1410
Marie Howe: "My Dead Friends"
2 min
1411
Tim Seibles: "All the Time Blues Villanelle"
4 min
1412
Elizabeth Curtis Holman: "We Pulled a Rose in S...
1 min
1413
Waring Cuney: "No Images"
1 min
1414
Gail Mazur: "The Flea"
3 min
1415
Brandon D. Johnson: "Standing by a Shelf"
3 min
1416
Carl Phillips: "Why So This Quiet"
2 min
1417
Laure-Anne Bosselaar: "Late Afternoon Stroll on...
3 min
1418
E. Ethelbert Miller: "Crossing the Line"
2 min
1419
Helene Johnson: "Trees at Night"
2 min
1420
Arna Bontemps: "Length of Moon"
1 min
1421
Kimiko Hahn: "[The whale already]"
2 min
1422
Robert Pinsky: "Revisionary"
3 min
1423
Martín Espada: "Wake Up, Mario"
9 min
1424
Marilyn Nelson: "Last Mattress"
3 min
1425
Garrett Hongo: "On 'Phantasmagorique #15,' a Pa...
3 min