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.
1401
Brandon D. Johnson: "Standing by a Shelf"
3 min
1402
Carl Phillips: "Why So This Quiet"
2 min
1403
Laure-Anne Bosselaar: "Late Afternoon Stroll on...
3 min
1404
E. Ethelbert Miller: "Crossing the Line"
2 min
1405
Helene Johnson: "Trees at Night"
2 min
1406
Arna Bontemps: "Length of Moon"
1 min
1407
Kimiko Hahn: "[The whale already]"
2 min
1408
Robert Pinsky: "Revisionary"
3 min
1409
Martín Espada: "Wake Up, Mario"
9 min
1410
Marilyn Nelson: "Last Mattress"
3 min
1411
Garrett Hongo: "On 'Phantasmagorique #15,' a Pa...
3 min
1412
Clarissa Scott Delany: "Joy"
1 min
1413
Langston Hughes: "As I Grew Older"
2 min
1414
Linda Susan Jackson: "Nailing Things Down"
3 min
1415
Joel Dias-Porter: "Three Wrong Notes"
3 min
1416
Sharon Olds: "Not Once"
3 min
1417
Yusef Komunyakaa: from “Autobiography of My Alt...
5 min
1418
Guest Editor Interview: February 2022 Guest Edi...
10 min
1419
Tamiko Beyer: February
4 min
1420
Sara Teasdale: "The Crystal Gazer"
1 min
1421
Stéphane Mallarmé: "Apparition"
2 min
1422
Eve L. Ewing: "testify"
2 min
1423
Sahar Romani: "Afternoon in Andalusia
3 min
1424
Jennifer Jean: "Inspiration Point"
3 min
1425
Bino A. Realuyo: "Euler's Equation"
3 min