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.
1601
Guest Editor Interview: March 2022 Guest Editor...
12 min
1602
Kwame Dawes: "It Bruises, Too"
3 min
1603
Effie Lee Newsome: "Exodus"
1 min
1604
Bruce Nugent: "Shadow"
1 min
1605
Patricia Smith: "The Sun, Mad Envious, Just Wan...
4 min
1606
Cornelius Eady: "God Could Not Make Her a Poet"
3 min
1607
Afaa Michael Weaver: "Midnight Air in Louisville"
3 min
1608
Marie Howe: "My Dead Friends"
2 min
1609
Tim Seibles: "All the Time Blues Villanelle"
4 min
1610
Elizabeth Curtis Holman: "We Pulled a Rose in S...
1 min
1611
Waring Cuney: "No Images"
1 min
1612
Gail Mazur: "The Flea"
3 min
1613
Brandon D. Johnson: "Standing by a Shelf"
3 min
1614
Carl Phillips: "Why So This Quiet"
2 min
1615
Laure-Anne Bosselaar: "Late Afternoon Stroll on...
3 min
1616
E. Ethelbert Miller: "Crossing the Line"
2 min
1617
Helene Johnson: "Trees at Night"
2 min
1618
Arna Bontemps: "Length of Moon"
1 min
1619
Kimiko Hahn: "[The whale already]"
2 min
1620
Robert Pinsky: "Revisionary"
3 min
1621
Martín Espada: "Wake Up, Mario"
9 min
1622
Marilyn Nelson: "Last Mattress"
3 min
1623
Garrett Hongo: "On 'Phantasmagorique #15,' a Pa...
3 min
1624
Clarissa Scott Delany: "Joy"
1 min
1625
Langston Hughes: "As I Grew Older"
2 min