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