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.
1426
Brandon D. Johnson: "Standing by a Shelf"
3 min
1427
Carl Phillips: "Why So This Quiet"
2 min
1428
Laure-Anne Bosselaar: "Late Afternoon Stroll on...
3 min
1429
E. Ethelbert Miller: "Crossing the Line"
2 min
1430
Helene Johnson: "Trees at Night"
2 min
1431
Arna Bontemps: "Length of Moon"
1 min
1432
Kimiko Hahn: "[The whale already]"
2 min
1433
Robert Pinsky: "Revisionary"
3 min
1434
Martín Espada: "Wake Up, Mario"
9 min
1435
Marilyn Nelson: "Last Mattress"
3 min
1436
Garrett Hongo: "On 'Phantasmagorique #15,' a Pa...
3 min
1437
Clarissa Scott Delany: "Joy"
1 min
1438
Langston Hughes: "As I Grew Older"
2 min
1439
Linda Susan Jackson: "Nailing Things Down"
3 min
1440
Joel Dias-Porter: "Three Wrong Notes"
3 min
1441
Sharon Olds: "Not Once"
3 min
1442
Yusef Komunyakaa: from “Autobiography of My Alt...
5 min
1443
Guest Editor Interview: February 2022 Guest Edi...
10 min
1444
Tamiko Beyer: February
4 min
1445
Sara Teasdale: "The Crystal Gazer"
1 min
1446
Stéphane Mallarmé: "Apparition"
2 min
1447
Eve L. Ewing: "testify"
2 min
1448
Sahar Romani: "Afternoon in Andalusia
3 min
1449
Jennifer Jean: "Inspiration Point"
3 min
1450
Bino A. Realuyo: "Euler's Equation"
3 min