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.

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