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.
1501
Youmna Chlala: "Night Needs No Stars"
2 min
1502
Tracy Fuad: "Eclipse Season"
5 min
1503
Willa Carroll: "Cloud Demolition"
3 min
1504
Marianne Moore: "Reinforcements"
1 min
1505
Willa Cather: "I Sought the Wood in Winter"
3 min
1506
Meghann Plunkett: "Climate"
2 min
1507
Alicia Mountain: "Drift"
3 min
1508
Monica McClure: "The Heedless Shephard"
2 min
1509
Hannah Aizenman: "As a Father of Daughters"
3 min
1510
Guest Editor Interview: March 2022 Guest Editor...
12 min
1511
Kwame Dawes: "It Bruises, Too"
3 min
1512
Effie Lee Newsome: "Exodus"
1 min
1513
Bruce Nugent: "Shadow"
1 min
1514
Patricia Smith: "The Sun, Mad Envious, Just Wan...
4 min
1515
Cornelius Eady: "God Could Not Make Her a Poet"
3 min
1516
Afaa Michael Weaver: "Midnight Air in Louisville"
3 min
1517
Marie Howe: "My Dead Friends"
2 min
1518
Tim Seibles: "All the Time Blues Villanelle"
4 min
1519
Elizabeth Curtis Holman: "We Pulled a Rose in S...
1 min
1520
Waring Cuney: "No Images"
1 min
1521
Gail Mazur: "The Flea"
3 min
1522
Brandon D. Johnson: "Standing by a Shelf"
3 min
1523
Carl Phillips: "Why So This Quiet"
2 min
1524
Laure-Anne Bosselaar: "Late Afternoon Stroll on...
3 min
1525
E. Ethelbert Miller: "Crossing the Line"
2 min