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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Marilyn Nelson: "Last Mattress"
3 min
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Garrett Hongo: "On 'Phantasmagorique #15,' a Pa...
3 min
1453
Clarissa Scott Delany: "Joy"
1 min
1454
Langston Hughes: "As I Grew Older"
2 min
1455
Linda Susan Jackson: "Nailing Things Down"
3 min
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Joel Dias-Porter: "Three Wrong Notes"
3 min
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Sharon Olds: "Not Once"
3 min
1458
Yusef Komunyakaa: from “Autobiography of My Alt...
5 min
1459
Guest Editor Interview: February 2022 Guest Edi...
10 min
1460
Tamiko Beyer: February
4 min
1461
Sara Teasdale: "The Crystal Gazer"
1 min
1462
Stéphane Mallarmé: "Apparition"
2 min
1463
Eve L. Ewing: "testify"
2 min
1464
Sahar Romani: "Afternoon in Andalusia
3 min
1465
Jennifer Jean: "Inspiration Point"
3 min
1466
Bino A. Realuyo: "Euler's Equation"
3 min
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Su Hwang: "Little Matrons"
3 min
1468
Dorothy Parker: "Recurrence"
2 min
1469
Chaman Lall: "Departure"
2 min
1470
Safia Jama: "It’s Not Really about Them, It’s a...
3 min
1471
Jared Harél: "January 20, 2021"
3 min
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Christopher Santiago: "Insurrecto"
5 min
1473
Dimitri Reyes: "[Oye! This is an apartment buil...
3 min
1474
Hossannah Asuncion: "Suspending Disbelief While...
3 min
1475
W. E. B. Du Bois: "The Song of the Smoke"
3 min