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.
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Youmna Chlala: "Night Needs No Stars"
2 min
1527
Tracy Fuad: "Eclipse Season"
5 min
1528
Willa Carroll: "Cloud Demolition"
3 min
1529
Marianne Moore: "Reinforcements"
1 min
1530
Willa Cather: "I Sought the Wood in Winter"
3 min
1531
Meghann Plunkett: "Climate"
2 min
1532
Alicia Mountain: "Drift"
3 min
1533
Monica McClure: "The Heedless Shephard"
2 min
1534
Hannah Aizenman: "As a Father of Daughters"
3 min
1535
Guest Editor Interview: March 2022 Guest Editor...
12 min
1536
Kwame Dawes: "It Bruises, Too"
3 min
1537
Effie Lee Newsome: "Exodus"
1 min
1538
Bruce Nugent: "Shadow"
1 min
1539
Patricia Smith: "The Sun, Mad Envious, Just Wan...
4 min
1540
Cornelius Eady: "God Could Not Make Her a Poet"
3 min
1541
Afaa Michael Weaver: "Midnight Air in Louisville"
3 min
1542
Marie Howe: "My Dead Friends"
2 min
1543
Tim Seibles: "All the Time Blues Villanelle"
4 min
1544
Elizabeth Curtis Holman: "We Pulled a Rose in S...
1 min
1545
Waring Cuney: "No Images"
1 min
1546
Gail Mazur: "The Flea"
3 min
1547
Brandon D. Johnson: "Standing by a Shelf"
3 min
1548
Carl Phillips: "Why So This Quiet"
2 min
1549
Laure-Anne Bosselaar: "Late Afternoon Stroll on...
3 min
1550
E. Ethelbert Miller: "Crossing the Line"
2 min