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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E. Ethelbert Miller: "Crossing the Line"
2 min
1452
Helene Johnson: "Trees at Night"
2 min
1453
Arna Bontemps: "Length of Moon"
1 min
1454
Kimiko Hahn: "[The whale already]"
2 min
1455
Robert Pinsky: "Revisionary"
3 min
1456
Martín Espada: "Wake Up, Mario"
9 min
1457
Marilyn Nelson: "Last Mattress"
3 min
1458
Garrett Hongo: "On 'Phantasmagorique #15,' a Pa...
3 min
1459
Clarissa Scott Delany: "Joy"
1 min
1460
Langston Hughes: "As I Grew Older"
2 min
1461
Linda Susan Jackson: "Nailing Things Down"
3 min
1462
Joel Dias-Porter: "Three Wrong Notes"
3 min
1463
Sharon Olds: "Not Once"
3 min
1464
Yusef Komunyakaa: from “Autobiography of My Alt...
5 min
1465
Guest Editor Interview: February 2022 Guest Edi...
10 min
1466
Tamiko Beyer: February
4 min
1467
Sara Teasdale: "The Crystal Gazer"
1 min
1468
Stéphane Mallarmé: "Apparition"
2 min
1469
Eve L. Ewing: "testify"
2 min
1470
Sahar Romani: "Afternoon in Andalusia
3 min
1471
Jennifer Jean: "Inspiration Point"
3 min
1472
Bino A. Realuyo: "Euler's Equation"
3 min
1473
Su Hwang: "Little Matrons"
3 min
1474
Dorothy Parker: "Recurrence"
2 min
1475
Chaman Lall: "Departure"
2 min