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