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.
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Stefania Gomez: "At the New York City AIDS Memo...
3 min
1427
Youmna Chlala: "Night Needs No Stars"
2 min
1428
Tracy Fuad: "Eclipse Season"
5 min
1429
Willa Carroll: "Cloud Demolition"
3 min
1430
Marianne Moore: "Reinforcements"
1 min
1431
Willa Cather: "I Sought the Wood in Winter"
3 min
1432
Meghann Plunkett: "Climate"
2 min
1433
Alicia Mountain: "Drift"
3 min
1434
Monica McClure: "The Heedless Shephard"
2 min
1435
Hannah Aizenman: "As a Father of Daughters"
3 min
1436
Guest Editor Interview: March 2022 Guest Editor...
12 min
1437
Kwame Dawes: "It Bruises, Too"
3 min
1438
Effie Lee Newsome: "Exodus"
1 min
1439
Bruce Nugent: "Shadow"
1 min
1440
Patricia Smith: "The Sun, Mad Envious, Just Wan...
4 min
1441
Cornelius Eady: "God Could Not Make Her a Poet"
3 min
1442
Afaa Michael Weaver: "Midnight Air in Louisville"
3 min
1443
Marie Howe: "My Dead Friends"
2 min
1444
Tim Seibles: "All the Time Blues Villanelle"
4 min
1445
Elizabeth Curtis Holman: "We Pulled a Rose in S...
1 min
1446
Waring Cuney: "No Images"
1 min
1447
Gail Mazur: "The Flea"
3 min
1448
Brandon D. Johnson: "Standing by a Shelf"
3 min
1449
Carl Phillips: "Why So This Quiet"
2 min
1450
Laure-Anne Bosselaar: "Late Afternoon Stroll on...
3 min