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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Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha: "Femme Futures"
9 min
1577
Noʻu Revilla: "Welcome to the Gut House"
5 min
1578
Stefania Gomez: "At the New York City AIDS Memo...
3 min
1579
Youmna Chlala: "Night Needs No Stars"
2 min
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Tracy Fuad: "Eclipse Season"
5 min
1581
Willa Carroll: "Cloud Demolition"
3 min
1582
Marianne Moore: "Reinforcements"
1 min
1583
Willa Cather: "I Sought the Wood in Winter"
3 min
1584
Meghann Plunkett: "Climate"
2 min
1585
Alicia Mountain: "Drift"
3 min
1586
Monica McClure: "The Heedless Shephard"
2 min
1587
Hannah Aizenman: "As a Father of Daughters"
3 min
1588
Guest Editor Interview: March 2022 Guest Editor...
12 min
1589
Kwame Dawes: "It Bruises, Too"
3 min
1590
Effie Lee Newsome: "Exodus"
1 min
1591
Bruce Nugent: "Shadow"
1 min
1592
Patricia Smith: "The Sun, Mad Envious, Just Wan...
4 min
1593
Cornelius Eady: "God Could Not Make Her a Poet"
3 min
1594
Afaa Michael Weaver: "Midnight Air in Louisville"
3 min
1595
Marie Howe: "My Dead Friends"
2 min
1596
Tim Seibles: "All the Time Blues Villanelle"
4 min
1597
Elizabeth Curtis Holman: "We Pulled a Rose in S...
1 min
1598
Waring Cuney: "No Images"
1 min
1599
Gail Mazur: "The Flea"
3 min
1600
Brandon D. Johnson: "Standing by a Shelf"
3 min