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
Marie Howe: "My Dead Friends"
2 min
1502
Tim Seibles: "All the Time Blues Villanelle"
4 min
1503
Elizabeth Curtis Holman: "We Pulled a Rose in S...
1 min
1504
Waring Cuney: "No Images"
1 min
1505
Gail Mazur: "The Flea"
3 min
1506
Brandon D. Johnson: "Standing by a Shelf"
3 min
1507
Carl Phillips: "Why So This Quiet"
2 min
1508
Laure-Anne Bosselaar: "Late Afternoon Stroll on...
3 min
1509
E. Ethelbert Miller: "Crossing the Line"
2 min
1510
Helene Johnson: "Trees at Night"
2 min
1511
Arna Bontemps: "Length of Moon"
1 min
1512
Kimiko Hahn: "[The whale already]"
2 min
1513
Robert Pinsky: "Revisionary"
3 min
1514
Martín Espada: "Wake Up, Mario"
9 min
1515
Marilyn Nelson: "Last Mattress"
3 min
1516
Garrett Hongo: "On 'Phantasmagorique #15,' a Pa...
3 min
1517
Clarissa Scott Delany: "Joy"
1 min
1518
Langston Hughes: "As I Grew Older"
2 min
1519
Linda Susan Jackson: "Nailing Things Down"
3 min
1520
Joel Dias-Porter: "Three Wrong Notes"
3 min
1521
Sharon Olds: "Not Once"
3 min
1522
Yusef Komunyakaa: from “Autobiography of My Alt...
5 min
1523
Guest Editor Interview: February 2022 Guest Edi...
10 min
1524
Tamiko Beyer: February
4 min
1525
Sara Teasdale: "The Crystal Gazer"
1 min