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