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
Langston Hughes: "As I Grew Older"
2 min
1552
Linda Susan Jackson: "Nailing Things Down"
3 min
1553
Joel Dias-Porter: "Three Wrong Notes"
3 min
1554
Sharon Olds: "Not Once"
3 min
1555
Yusef Komunyakaa: from “Autobiography of My Alt...
5 min
1556
Guest Editor Interview: February 2022 Guest Edi...
10 min
1557
Tamiko Beyer: February
4 min
1558
Sara Teasdale: "The Crystal Gazer"
1 min
1559
Stéphane Mallarmé: "Apparition"
2 min
1560
Eve L. Ewing: "testify"
2 min
1561
Sahar Romani: "Afternoon in Andalusia
3 min
1562
Jennifer Jean: "Inspiration Point"
3 min
1563
Bino A. Realuyo: "Euler's Equation"
3 min
1564
Su Hwang: "Little Matrons"
3 min
1565
Dorothy Parker: "Recurrence"
2 min
1566
Chaman Lall: "Departure"
2 min
1567
Safia Jama: "It’s Not Really about Them, It’s a...
3 min
1568
Jared Harél: "January 20, 2021"
3 min
1569
Christopher Santiago: "Insurrecto"
5 min
1570
Dimitri Reyes: "[Oye! This is an apartment buil...
3 min
1571
Hossannah Asuncion: "Suspending Disbelief While...
3 min
1572
W. E. B. Du Bois: "The Song of the Smoke"
3 min
1573
Mary Weston Fordham: "A Reverie"
2 min
1574
F. Douglas Brown: "Aubade with Edits"
4 min
1575
KC Trommer: "Self-lit"
3 min