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