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.
1526
Carl Phillips: "Why So This Quiet"
2 min
1527
Laure-Anne Bosselaar: "Late Afternoon Stroll on...
3 min
1528
E. Ethelbert Miller: "Crossing the Line"
2 min
1529
Helene Johnson: "Trees at Night"
2 min
1530
Arna Bontemps: "Length of Moon"
1 min
1531
Kimiko Hahn: "[The whale already]"
2 min
1532
Robert Pinsky: "Revisionary"
3 min
1533
Martín Espada: "Wake Up, Mario"
9 min
1534
Marilyn Nelson: "Last Mattress"
3 min
1535
Garrett Hongo: "On 'Phantasmagorique #15,' a Pa...
3 min
1536
Clarissa Scott Delany: "Joy"
1 min
1537
Langston Hughes: "As I Grew Older"
2 min
1538
Linda Susan Jackson: "Nailing Things Down"
3 min
1539
Joel Dias-Porter: "Three Wrong Notes"
3 min
1540
Sharon Olds: "Not Once"
3 min
1541
Yusef Komunyakaa: from “Autobiography of My Alt...
5 min
1542
Guest Editor Interview: February 2022 Guest Edi...
10 min
1543
Tamiko Beyer: February
4 min
1544
Sara Teasdale: "The Crystal Gazer"
1 min
1545
Stéphane Mallarmé: "Apparition"
2 min
1546
Eve L. Ewing: "testify"
2 min
1547
Sahar Romani: "Afternoon in Andalusia
3 min
1548
Jennifer Jean: "Inspiration Point"
3 min
1549
Bino A. Realuyo: "Euler's Equation"
3 min
1550
Su Hwang: "Little Matrons"
3 min