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