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