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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Brandon D. Johnson: "Standing by a Shelf"
3 min
1577
Carl Phillips: "Why So This Quiet"
2 min
1578
Laure-Anne Bosselaar: "Late Afternoon Stroll on...
3 min
1579
E. Ethelbert Miller: "Crossing the Line"
2 min
1580
Helene Johnson: "Trees at Night"
2 min
1581
Arna Bontemps: "Length of Moon"
1 min
1582
Kimiko Hahn: "[The whale already]"
2 min
1583
Robert Pinsky: "Revisionary"
3 min
1584
Martín Espada: "Wake Up, Mario"
9 min
1585
Marilyn Nelson: "Last Mattress"
3 min
1586
Garrett Hongo: "On 'Phantasmagorique #15,' a Pa...
3 min
1587
Clarissa Scott Delany: "Joy"
1 min
1588
Langston Hughes: "As I Grew Older"
2 min
1589
Linda Susan Jackson: "Nailing Things Down"
3 min
1590
Joel Dias-Porter: "Three Wrong Notes"
3 min
1591
Sharon Olds: "Not Once"
3 min
1592
Yusef Komunyakaa: from “Autobiography of My Alt...
5 min
1593
Guest Editor Interview: February 2022 Guest Edi...
10 min
1594
Tamiko Beyer: February
4 min
1595
Sara Teasdale: "The Crystal Gazer"
1 min
1596
Stéphane Mallarmé: "Apparition"
2 min
1597
Eve L. Ewing: "testify"
2 min
1598
Sahar Romani: "Afternoon in Andalusia
3 min
1599
Jennifer Jean: "Inspiration Point"
3 min
1600
Bino A. Realuyo: "Euler's Equation"
3 min