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