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