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.
1551
Cornelius Eady: "God Could Not Make Her a Poet"
3 min
1552
Afaa Michael Weaver: "Midnight Air in Louisville"
3 min
1553
Marie Howe: "My Dead Friends"
2 min
1554
Tim Seibles: "All the Time Blues Villanelle"
4 min
1555
Elizabeth Curtis Holman: "We Pulled a Rose in S...
1 min
1556
Waring Cuney: "No Images"
1 min
1557
Gail Mazur: "The Flea"
3 min
1558
Brandon D. Johnson: "Standing by a Shelf"
3 min
1559
Carl Phillips: "Why So This Quiet"
2 min
1560
Laure-Anne Bosselaar: "Late Afternoon Stroll on...
3 min
1561
E. Ethelbert Miller: "Crossing the Line"
2 min
1562
Helene Johnson: "Trees at Night"
2 min
1563
Arna Bontemps: "Length of Moon"
1 min
1564
Kimiko Hahn: "[The whale already]"
2 min
1565
Robert Pinsky: "Revisionary"
3 min
1566
Martín Espada: "Wake Up, Mario"
9 min
1567
Marilyn Nelson: "Last Mattress"
3 min
1568
Garrett Hongo: "On 'Phantasmagorique #15,' a Pa...
3 min
1569
Clarissa Scott Delany: "Joy"
1 min
1570
Langston Hughes: "As I Grew Older"
2 min
1571
Linda Susan Jackson: "Nailing Things Down"
3 min
1572
Joel Dias-Porter: "Three Wrong Notes"
3 min
1573
Sharon Olds: "Not Once"
3 min
1574
Yusef Komunyakaa: from “Autobiography of My Alt...
5 min
1575
Guest Editor Interview: February 2022 Guest Edi...
10 min