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