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