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
Youmna Chlala: "Night Needs No Stars"
2 min
1602
Tracy Fuad: "Eclipse Season"
5 min
1603
Willa Carroll: "Cloud Demolition"
3 min
1604
Marianne Moore: "Reinforcements"
1 min
1605
Willa Cather: "I Sought the Wood in Winter"
3 min
1606
Meghann Plunkett: "Climate"
2 min
1607
Alicia Mountain: "Drift"
3 min
1608
Monica McClure: "The Heedless Shephard"
2 min
1609
Hannah Aizenman: "As a Father of Daughters"
3 min
1610
Guest Editor Interview: March 2022 Guest Editor...
12 min
1611
Kwame Dawes: "It Bruises, Too"
3 min
1612
Effie Lee Newsome: "Exodus"
1 min
1613
Bruce Nugent: "Shadow"
1 min
1614
Patricia Smith: "The Sun, Mad Envious, Just Wan...
4 min
1615
Cornelius Eady: "God Could Not Make Her a Poet"
3 min
1616
Afaa Michael Weaver: "Midnight Air in Louisville"
3 min
1617
Marie Howe: "My Dead Friends"
2 min
1618
Tim Seibles: "All the Time Blues Villanelle"
4 min
1619
Elizabeth Curtis Holman: "We Pulled a Rose in S...
1 min
1620
Waring Cuney: "No Images"
1 min
1621
Gail Mazur: "The Flea"
3 min
1622
Brandon D. Johnson: "Standing by a Shelf"
3 min
1623
Carl Phillips: "Why So This Quiet"
2 min
1624
Laure-Anne Bosselaar: "Late Afternoon Stroll on...
3 min
1625
E. Ethelbert Miller: "Crossing the Line"
2 min