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.
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Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha: "Femme Futures"
9 min
1627
Noʻu Revilla: "Welcome to the Gut House"
5 min
1628
Stefania Gomez: "At the New York City AIDS Memo...
3 min
1629
Youmna Chlala: "Night Needs No Stars"
2 min
1630
Tracy Fuad: "Eclipse Season"
5 min
1631
Willa Carroll: "Cloud Demolition"
3 min
1632
Marianne Moore: "Reinforcements"
1 min
1633
Willa Cather: "I Sought the Wood in Winter"
3 min
1634
Meghann Plunkett: "Climate"
2 min
1635
Alicia Mountain: "Drift"
3 min
1636
Monica McClure: "The Heedless Shephard"
2 min
1637
Hannah Aizenman: "As a Father of Daughters"
3 min
1638
Guest Editor Interview: March 2022 Guest Editor...
12 min
1639
Kwame Dawes: "It Bruises, Too"
3 min
1640
Effie Lee Newsome: "Exodus"
1 min
1641
Bruce Nugent: "Shadow"
1 min
1642
Patricia Smith: "The Sun, Mad Envious, Just Wan...
4 min
1643
Cornelius Eady: "God Could Not Make Her a Poet"
3 min
1644
Afaa Michael Weaver: "Midnight Air in Louisville"
3 min
1645
Marie Howe: "My Dead Friends"
2 min
1646
Tim Seibles: "All the Time Blues Villanelle"
4 min
1647
Elizabeth Curtis Holman: "We Pulled a Rose in S...
1 min
1648
Waring Cuney: "No Images"
1 min
1649
Gail Mazur: "The Flea"
3 min
1650
Brandon D. Johnson: "Standing by a Shelf"
3 min