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