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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Alicia Mountain: "Drift"
3 min
1552
Monica McClure: "The Heedless Shephard"
2 min
1553
Hannah Aizenman: "As a Father of Daughters"
3 min
1554
Guest Editor Interview: March 2022 Guest Editor...
12 min
1555
Kwame Dawes: "It Bruises, Too"
3 min
1556
Effie Lee Newsome: "Exodus"
1 min
1557
Bruce Nugent: "Shadow"
1 min
1558
Patricia Smith: "The Sun, Mad Envious, Just Wan...
4 min
1559
Cornelius Eady: "God Could Not Make Her a Poet"
3 min
1560
Afaa Michael Weaver: "Midnight Air in Louisville"
3 min
1561
Marie Howe: "My Dead Friends"
2 min
1562
Tim Seibles: "All the Time Blues Villanelle"
4 min
1563
Elizabeth Curtis Holman: "We Pulled a Rose in S...
1 min
1564
Waring Cuney: "No Images"
1 min
1565
Gail Mazur: "The Flea"
3 min
1566
Brandon D. Johnson: "Standing by a Shelf"
3 min
1567
Carl Phillips: "Why So This Quiet"
2 min
1568
Laure-Anne Bosselaar: "Late Afternoon Stroll on...
3 min
1569
E. Ethelbert Miller: "Crossing the Line"
2 min
1570
Helene Johnson: "Trees at Night"
2 min
1571
Arna Bontemps: "Length of Moon"
1 min
1572
Kimiko Hahn: "[The whale already]"
2 min
1573
Robert Pinsky: "Revisionary"
3 min
1574
Martín Espada: "Wake Up, Mario"
9 min
1575
Marilyn Nelson: "Last Mattress"
3 min