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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Tim Seibles: "All the Time Blues Villanelle"
4 min
1552
Elizabeth Curtis Holman: "We Pulled a Rose in S...
1 min
1553
Waring Cuney: "No Images"
1 min
1554
Gail Mazur: "The Flea"
3 min
1555
Brandon D. Johnson: "Standing by a Shelf"
3 min
1556
Carl Phillips: "Why So This Quiet"
2 min
1557
Laure-Anne Bosselaar: "Late Afternoon Stroll on...
3 min
1558
E. Ethelbert Miller: "Crossing the Line"
2 min
1559
Helene Johnson: "Trees at Night"
2 min
1560
Arna Bontemps: "Length of Moon"
1 min
1561
Kimiko Hahn: "[The whale already]"
2 min
1562
Robert Pinsky: "Revisionary"
3 min
1563
Martín Espada: "Wake Up, Mario"
9 min
1564
Marilyn Nelson: "Last Mattress"
3 min
1565
Garrett Hongo: "On 'Phantasmagorique #15,' a Pa...
3 min
1566
Clarissa Scott Delany: "Joy"
1 min
1567
Langston Hughes: "As I Grew Older"
2 min
1568
Linda Susan Jackson: "Nailing Things Down"
3 min
1569
Joel Dias-Porter: "Three Wrong Notes"
3 min
1570
Sharon Olds: "Not Once"
3 min
1571
Yusef Komunyakaa: from “Autobiography of My Alt...
5 min
1572
Guest Editor Interview: February 2022 Guest Edi...
10 min
1573
Tamiko Beyer: February
4 min
1574
Sara Teasdale: "The Crystal Gazer"
1 min
1575
Stéphane Mallarmé: "Apparition"
2 min