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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Stefania Gomez: "At the New York City AIDS Memo...
3 min
1552
Youmna Chlala: "Night Needs No Stars"
2 min
1553
Tracy Fuad: "Eclipse Season"
5 min
1554
Willa Carroll: "Cloud Demolition"
3 min
1555
Marianne Moore: "Reinforcements"
1 min
1556
Willa Cather: "I Sought the Wood in Winter"
3 min
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Meghann Plunkett: "Climate"
2 min
1558
Alicia Mountain: "Drift"
3 min
1559
Monica McClure: "The Heedless Shephard"
2 min
1560
Hannah Aizenman: "As a Father of Daughters"
3 min
1561
Guest Editor Interview: March 2022 Guest Editor...
12 min
1562
Kwame Dawes: "It Bruises, Too"
3 min
1563
Effie Lee Newsome: "Exodus"
1 min
1564
Bruce Nugent: "Shadow"
1 min
1565
Patricia Smith: "The Sun, Mad Envious, Just Wan...
4 min
1566
Cornelius Eady: "God Could Not Make Her a Poet"
3 min
1567
Afaa Michael Weaver: "Midnight Air in Louisville"
3 min
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Marie Howe: "My Dead Friends"
2 min
1569
Tim Seibles: "All the Time Blues Villanelle"
4 min
1570
Elizabeth Curtis Holman: "We Pulled a Rose in S...
1 min
1571
Waring Cuney: "No Images"
1 min
1572
Gail Mazur: "The Flea"
3 min
1573
Brandon D. Johnson: "Standing by a Shelf"
3 min
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Carl Phillips: "Why So This Quiet"
2 min
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Laure-Anne Bosselaar: "Late Afternoon Stroll on...
3 min