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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Stefania Gomez: "At the New York City AIDS Memo...
3 min
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Youmna Chlala: "Night Needs No Stars"
2 min
1578
Tracy Fuad: "Eclipse Season"
5 min
1579
Willa Carroll: "Cloud Demolition"
3 min
1580
Marianne Moore: "Reinforcements"
1 min
1581
Willa Cather: "I Sought the Wood in Winter"
3 min
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Meghann Plunkett: "Climate"
2 min
1583
Alicia Mountain: "Drift"
3 min
1584
Monica McClure: "The Heedless Shephard"
2 min
1585
Hannah Aizenman: "As a Father of Daughters"
3 min
1586
Guest Editor Interview: March 2022 Guest Editor...
12 min
1587
Kwame Dawes: "It Bruises, Too"
3 min
1588
Effie Lee Newsome: "Exodus"
1 min
1589
Bruce Nugent: "Shadow"
1 min
1590
Patricia Smith: "The Sun, Mad Envious, Just Wan...
4 min
1591
Cornelius Eady: "God Could Not Make Her a Poet"
3 min
1592
Afaa Michael Weaver: "Midnight Air in Louisville"
3 min
1593
Marie Howe: "My Dead Friends"
2 min
1594
Tim Seibles: "All the Time Blues Villanelle"
4 min
1595
Elizabeth Curtis Holman: "We Pulled a Rose in S...
1 min
1596
Waring Cuney: "No Images"
1 min
1597
Gail Mazur: "The Flea"
3 min
1598
Brandon D. Johnson: "Standing by a Shelf"
3 min
1599
Carl Phillips: "Why So This Quiet"
2 min
1600
Laure-Anne Bosselaar: "Late Afternoon Stroll on...
3 min