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.

Books
1451
Kimiko Hahn: "[The whale already]"
2 min
1452
Robert Pinsky: "Revisionary"
3 min
1453
Martín Espada: "Wake Up, Mario"
9 min
1454
Marilyn Nelson: "Last Mattress"
3 min
1455
Garrett Hongo: "On 'Phantasmagorique #15,' a Pa...
3 min
1456
Clarissa Scott Delany: "Joy"
1 min
1457
Langston Hughes: "As I Grew Older"
2 min
1458
Linda Susan Jackson: "Nailing Things Down"
3 min
1459
Joel Dias-Porter: "Three Wrong Notes"
3 min
1460
Sharon Olds: "Not Once"
3 min
1461
Yusef Komunyakaa: from “Autobiography of My Alt...
5 min
1462
Guest Editor Interview: February 2022 Guest Edi...
10 min
1463
Tamiko Beyer: February
4 min
1464
Sara Teasdale: "The Crystal Gazer"
1 min
1465
Stéphane Mallarmé: "Apparition"
2 min
1466
Eve L. Ewing: "testify"
2 min
1467
Sahar Romani: "Afternoon in Andalusia
3 min
1468
Jennifer Jean: "Inspiration Point"
3 min
1469
Bino A. Realuyo: "Euler's Equation"
3 min
1470
Su Hwang: "Little Matrons"
3 min
1471
Dorothy Parker: "Recurrence"
2 min
1472
Chaman Lall: "Departure"
2 min
1473
Safia Jama: "It’s Not Really about Them, It’s a...
3 min
1474
Jared Harél: "January 20, 2021"
3 min
1475
Christopher Santiago: "Insurrecto"
5 min