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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Robert Pinsky: "Revisionary"
3 min
1552
Martín Espada: "Wake Up, Mario"
9 min
1553
Marilyn Nelson: "Last Mattress"
3 min
1554
Garrett Hongo: "On 'Phantasmagorique #15,' a Pa...
3 min
1555
Clarissa Scott Delany: "Joy"
1 min
1556
Langston Hughes: "As I Grew Older"
2 min
1557
Linda Susan Jackson: "Nailing Things Down"
3 min
1558
Joel Dias-Porter: "Three Wrong Notes"
3 min
1559
Sharon Olds: "Not Once"
3 min
1560
Yusef Komunyakaa: from “Autobiography of My Alt...
5 min
1561
Guest Editor Interview: February 2022 Guest Edi...
10 min
1562
Tamiko Beyer: February
4 min
1563
Sara Teasdale: "The Crystal Gazer"
1 min
1564
Stéphane Mallarmé: "Apparition"
2 min
1565
Eve L. Ewing: "testify"
2 min
1566
Sahar Romani: "Afternoon in Andalusia
3 min
1567
Jennifer Jean: "Inspiration Point"
3 min
1568
Bino A. Realuyo: "Euler's Equation"
3 min
1569
Su Hwang: "Little Matrons"
3 min
1570
Dorothy Parker: "Recurrence"
2 min
1571
Chaman Lall: "Departure"
2 min
1572
Safia Jama: "It’s Not Really about Them, It’s a...
3 min
1573
Jared Harél: "January 20, 2021"
3 min
1574
Christopher Santiago: "Insurrecto"
5 min
1575
Dimitri Reyes: "[Oye! This is an apartment buil...
3 min