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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Arna Bontemps: "Length of Moon"
1 min
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Kimiko Hahn: "[The whale already]"
2 min
1453
Robert Pinsky: "Revisionary"
3 min
1454
Martín Espada: "Wake Up, Mario"
9 min
1455
Marilyn Nelson: "Last Mattress"
3 min
1456
Garrett Hongo: "On 'Phantasmagorique #15,' a Pa...
3 min
1457
Clarissa Scott Delany: "Joy"
1 min
1458
Langston Hughes: "As I Grew Older"
2 min
1459
Linda Susan Jackson: "Nailing Things Down"
3 min
1460
Joel Dias-Porter: "Three Wrong Notes"
3 min
1461
Sharon Olds: "Not Once"
3 min
1462
Yusef Komunyakaa: from “Autobiography of My Alt...
5 min
1463
Guest Editor Interview: February 2022 Guest Edi...
10 min
1464
Tamiko Beyer: February
4 min
1465
Sara Teasdale: "The Crystal Gazer"
1 min
1466
Stéphane Mallarmé: "Apparition"
2 min
1467
Eve L. Ewing: "testify"
2 min
1468
Sahar Romani: "Afternoon in Andalusia
3 min
1469
Jennifer Jean: "Inspiration Point"
3 min
1470
Bino A. Realuyo: "Euler's Equation"
3 min
1471
Su Hwang: "Little Matrons"
3 min
1472
Dorothy Parker: "Recurrence"
2 min
1473
Chaman Lall: "Departure"
2 min
1474
Safia Jama: "It’s Not Really about Them, It’s a...
3 min
1475
Jared Harél: "January 20, 2021"
3 min