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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Noʻu Revilla: "Welcome to the Gut House"
5 min
1577
Stefania Gomez: "At the New York City AIDS Memo...
3 min
1578
Youmna Chlala: "Night Needs No Stars"
2 min
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Tracy Fuad: "Eclipse Season"
5 min
1580
Willa Carroll: "Cloud Demolition"
3 min
1581
Marianne Moore: "Reinforcements"
1 min
1582
Willa Cather: "I Sought the Wood in Winter"
3 min
1583
Meghann Plunkett: "Climate"
2 min
1584
Alicia Mountain: "Drift"
3 min
1585
Monica McClure: "The Heedless Shephard"
2 min
1586
Hannah Aizenman: "As a Father of Daughters"
3 min
1587
Guest Editor Interview: March 2022 Guest Editor...
12 min
1588
Kwame Dawes: "It Bruises, Too"
3 min
1589
Effie Lee Newsome: "Exodus"
1 min
1590
Bruce Nugent: "Shadow"
1 min
1591
Patricia Smith: "The Sun, Mad Envious, Just Wan...
4 min
1592
Cornelius Eady: "God Could Not Make Her a Poet"
3 min
1593
Afaa Michael Weaver: "Midnight Air in Louisville"
3 min
1594
Marie Howe: "My Dead Friends"
2 min
1595
Tim Seibles: "All the Time Blues Villanelle"
4 min
1596
Elizabeth Curtis Holman: "We Pulled a Rose in S...
1 min
1597
Waring Cuney: "No Images"
1 min
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Gail Mazur: "The Flea"
3 min
1599
Brandon D. Johnson: "Standing by a Shelf"
3 min
1600
Carl Phillips: "Why So This Quiet"
2 min