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
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Evan Gill Smith: "The Cow Speaks to the Child"
2 min
1477
Eugenia Leigh: "Glossolalia"
3 min
1478
Tarfia Faizullah: "Red-Lipped Poem"
2 min
1479
Maya C. Popa: "One Way or Another"
3 min
1480
Emily Pittinos: "A Cloud of Drench Bearing Down"
4 min
1481
Katherine Mansfield: "Voices of the Air"
2 min
1482
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha: "Femme Futures"
9 min
1483
Noʻu Revilla: "Welcome to the Gut House"
5 min
1484
Stefania Gomez: "At the New York City AIDS Memo...
3 min
1485
Youmna Chlala: "Night Needs No Stars"
2 min
1486
Tracy Fuad: "Eclipse Season"
5 min
1487
Willa Carroll: "Cloud Demolition"
3 min
1488
Marianne Moore: "Reinforcements"
1 min
1489
Willa Cather: "I Sought the Wood in Winter"
3 min
1490
Meghann Plunkett: "Climate"
2 min
1491
Alicia Mountain: "Drift"
3 min
1492
Monica McClure: "The Heedless Shephard"
2 min
1493
Hannah Aizenman: "As a Father of Daughters"
3 min
1494
Guest Editor Interview: March 2022 Guest Editor...
12 min
1495
Kwame Dawes: "It Bruises, Too"
3 min
1496
Effie Lee Newsome: "Exodus"
1 min
1497
Bruce Nugent: "Shadow"
1 min
1498
Patricia Smith: "The Sun, Mad Envious, Just Wan...
4 min
1499
Cornelius Eady: "God Could Not Make Her a Poet"
3 min
1500
Afaa Michael Weaver: "Midnight Air in Louisville"
3 min