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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Garrett Hongo: "On 'Phantasmagorique #15,' a Pa...
3 min
1577
Clarissa Scott Delany: "Joy"
1 min
1578
Langston Hughes: "As I Grew Older"
2 min
1579
Linda Susan Jackson: "Nailing Things Down"
3 min
1580
Joel Dias-Porter: "Three Wrong Notes"
3 min
1581
Sharon Olds: "Not Once"
3 min
1582
Yusef Komunyakaa: from “Autobiography of My Alt...
5 min
1583
Guest Editor Interview: February 2022 Guest Edi...
10 min
1584
Tamiko Beyer: February
4 min
1585
Sara Teasdale: "The Crystal Gazer"
1 min
1586
Stéphane Mallarmé: "Apparition"
2 min
1587
Eve L. Ewing: "testify"
2 min
1588
Sahar Romani: "Afternoon in Andalusia
3 min
1589
Jennifer Jean: "Inspiration Point"
3 min
1590
Bino A. Realuyo: "Euler's Equation"
3 min
1591
Su Hwang: "Little Matrons"
3 min
1592
Dorothy Parker: "Recurrence"
2 min
1593
Chaman Lall: "Departure"
2 min
1594
Safia Jama: "It’s Not Really about Them, It’s a...
3 min
1595
Jared Harél: "January 20, 2021"
3 min
1596
Christopher Santiago: "Insurrecto"
5 min
1597
Dimitri Reyes: "[Oye! This is an apartment buil...
3 min
1598
Hossannah Asuncion: "Suspending Disbelief While...
3 min
1599
W. E. B. Du Bois: "The Song of the Smoke"
3 min
1600
Mary Weston Fordham: "A Reverie"
2 min