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
E. Ethelbert Miller: "Crossing the Line"
2 min
1602
Helene Johnson: "Trees at Night"
2 min
1603
Arna Bontemps: "Length of Moon"
1 min
1604
Kimiko Hahn: "[The whale already]"
2 min
1605
Robert Pinsky: "Revisionary"
3 min
1606
Martín Espada: "Wake Up, Mario"
9 min
1607
Marilyn Nelson: "Last Mattress"
3 min
1608
Garrett Hongo: "On 'Phantasmagorique #15,' a Pa...
3 min
1609
Clarissa Scott Delany: "Joy"
1 min
1610
Langston Hughes: "As I Grew Older"
2 min
1611
Linda Susan Jackson: "Nailing Things Down"
3 min
1612
Joel Dias-Porter: "Three Wrong Notes"
3 min
1613
Sharon Olds: "Not Once"
3 min
1614
Yusef Komunyakaa: from “Autobiography of My Alt...
5 min
1615
Guest Editor Interview: February 2022 Guest Edi...
10 min
1616
Tamiko Beyer: February
4 min
1617
Sara Teasdale: "The Crystal Gazer"
1 min
1618
Stéphane Mallarmé: "Apparition"
2 min
1619
Eve L. Ewing: "testify"
2 min
1620
Sahar Romani: "Afternoon in Andalusia
3 min
1621
Jennifer Jean: "Inspiration Point"
3 min
1622
Bino A. Realuyo: "Euler's Equation"
3 min
1623
Su Hwang: "Little Matrons"
3 min
1624
Dorothy Parker: "Recurrence"
2 min
1625
Chaman Lall: "Departure"
2 min