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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Arna Bontemps: "Length of Moon"
1 min
1627
Kimiko Hahn: "[The whale already]"
2 min
1628
Robert Pinsky: "Revisionary"
3 min
1629
Martín Espada: "Wake Up, Mario"
9 min
1630
Marilyn Nelson: "Last Mattress"
3 min
1631
Garrett Hongo: "On 'Phantasmagorique #15,' a Pa...
3 min
1632
Clarissa Scott Delany: "Joy"
1 min
1633
Langston Hughes: "As I Grew Older"
2 min
1634
Linda Susan Jackson: "Nailing Things Down"
3 min
1635
Joel Dias-Porter: "Three Wrong Notes"
3 min
1636
Sharon Olds: "Not Once"
3 min
1637
Yusef Komunyakaa: from “Autobiography of My Alt...
5 min
1638
Guest Editor Interview: February 2022 Guest Edi...
10 min
1639
Tamiko Beyer: February
4 min
1640
Sara Teasdale: "The Crystal Gazer"
1 min
1641
Stéphane Mallarmé: "Apparition"
2 min
1642
Eve L. Ewing: "testify"
2 min
1643
Sahar Romani: "Afternoon in Andalusia
3 min
1644
Jennifer Jean: "Inspiration Point"
3 min
1645
Bino A. Realuyo: "Euler's Equation"
3 min
1646
Su Hwang: "Little Matrons"
3 min
1647
Dorothy Parker: "Recurrence"
2 min
1648
Chaman Lall: "Departure"
2 min
1649
Safia Jama: "It’s Not Really about Them, It’s a...
3 min
1650
Jared Harél: "January 20, 2021"
3 min