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
Marie Howe: "My Dead Friends"
2 min
1602
Tim Seibles: "All the Time Blues Villanelle"
4 min
1603
Elizabeth Curtis Holman: "We Pulled a Rose in S...
1 min
1604
Waring Cuney: "No Images"
1 min
1605
Gail Mazur: "The Flea"
3 min
1606
Brandon D. Johnson: "Standing by a Shelf"
3 min
1607
Carl Phillips: "Why So This Quiet"
2 min
1608
Laure-Anne Bosselaar: "Late Afternoon Stroll on...
3 min
1609
E. Ethelbert Miller: "Crossing the Line"
2 min
1610
Helene Johnson: "Trees at Night"
2 min
1611
Arna Bontemps: "Length of Moon"
1 min
1612
Kimiko Hahn: "[The whale already]"
2 min
1613
Robert Pinsky: "Revisionary"
3 min
1614
Martín Espada: "Wake Up, Mario"
9 min
1615
Marilyn Nelson: "Last Mattress"
3 min
1616
Garrett Hongo: "On 'Phantasmagorique #15,' a Pa...
3 min
1617
Clarissa Scott Delany: "Joy"
1 min
1618
Langston Hughes: "As I Grew Older"
2 min
1619
Linda Susan Jackson: "Nailing Things Down"
3 min
1620
Joel Dias-Porter: "Three Wrong Notes"
3 min
1621
Sharon Olds: "Not Once"
3 min
1622
Yusef Komunyakaa: from “Autobiography of My Alt...
5 min
1623
Guest Editor Interview: February 2022 Guest Edi...
10 min
1624
Tamiko Beyer: February
4 min
1625
Sara Teasdale: "The Crystal Gazer"
1 min