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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Hannah Aizenman: "As a Father of Daughters"
3 min
1527
Guest Editor Interview: March 2022 Guest Editor...
12 min
1528
Kwame Dawes: "It Bruises, Too"
3 min
1529
Effie Lee Newsome: "Exodus"
1 min
1530
Bruce Nugent: "Shadow"
1 min
1531
Patricia Smith: "The Sun, Mad Envious, Just Wan...
4 min
1532
Cornelius Eady: "God Could Not Make Her a Poet"
3 min
1533
Afaa Michael Weaver: "Midnight Air in Louisville"
3 min
1534
Marie Howe: "My Dead Friends"
2 min
1535
Tim Seibles: "All the Time Blues Villanelle"
4 min
1536
Elizabeth Curtis Holman: "We Pulled a Rose in S...
1 min
1537
Waring Cuney: "No Images"
1 min
1538
Gail Mazur: "The Flea"
3 min
1539
Brandon D. Johnson: "Standing by a Shelf"
3 min
1540
Carl Phillips: "Why So This Quiet"
2 min
1541
Laure-Anne Bosselaar: "Late Afternoon Stroll on...
3 min
1542
E. Ethelbert Miller: "Crossing the Line"
2 min
1543
Helene Johnson: "Trees at Night"
2 min
1544
Arna Bontemps: "Length of Moon"
1 min
1545
Kimiko Hahn: "[The whale already]"
2 min
1546
Robert Pinsky: "Revisionary"
3 min
1547
Martín Espada: "Wake Up, Mario"
9 min
1548
Marilyn Nelson: "Last Mattress"
3 min
1549
Garrett Hongo: "On 'Phantasmagorique #15,' a Pa...
3 min
1550
Clarissa Scott Delany: "Joy"
1 min