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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Langston Hughes: "As I Grew Older"
2 min
1577
Linda Susan Jackson: "Nailing Things Down"
3 min
1578
Joel Dias-Porter: "Three Wrong Notes"
3 min
1579
Sharon Olds: "Not Once"
3 min
1580
Yusef Komunyakaa: from “Autobiography of My Alt...
5 min
1581
Guest Editor Interview: February 2022 Guest Edi...
10 min
1582
Tamiko Beyer: February
4 min
1583
Sara Teasdale: "The Crystal Gazer"
1 min
1584
Stéphane Mallarmé: "Apparition"
2 min
1585
Eve L. Ewing: "testify"
2 min
1586
Sahar Romani: "Afternoon in Andalusia
3 min
1587
Jennifer Jean: "Inspiration Point"
3 min
1588
Bino A. Realuyo: "Euler's Equation"
3 min
1589
Su Hwang: "Little Matrons"
3 min
1590
Dorothy Parker: "Recurrence"
2 min
1591
Chaman Lall: "Departure"
2 min
1592
Safia Jama: "It’s Not Really about Them, It’s a...
3 min
1593
Jared Harél: "January 20, 2021"
3 min
1594
Christopher Santiago: "Insurrecto"
5 min
1595
Dimitri Reyes: "[Oye! This is an apartment buil...
3 min
1596
Hossannah Asuncion: "Suspending Disbelief While...
3 min
1597
W. E. B. Du Bois: "The Song of the Smoke"
3 min
1598
Mary Weston Fordham: "A Reverie"
2 min
1599
F. Douglas Brown: "Aubade with Edits"
4 min
1600
KC Trommer: "Self-lit"
3 min