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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Bruce Nugent: "Shadow"
1 min
1627
Patricia Smith: "The Sun, Mad Envious, Just Wan...
4 min
1628
Cornelius Eady: "God Could Not Make Her a Poet"
3 min
1629
Afaa Michael Weaver: "Midnight Air in Louisville"
3 min
1630
Marie Howe: "My Dead Friends"
2 min
1631
Tim Seibles: "All the Time Blues Villanelle"
4 min
1632
Elizabeth Curtis Holman: "We Pulled a Rose in S...
1 min
1633
Waring Cuney: "No Images"
1 min
1634
Gail Mazur: "The Flea"
3 min
1635
Brandon D. Johnson: "Standing by a Shelf"
3 min
1636
Carl Phillips: "Why So This Quiet"
2 min
1637
Laure-Anne Bosselaar: "Late Afternoon Stroll on...
3 min
1638
E. Ethelbert Miller: "Crossing the Line"
2 min
1639
Helene Johnson: "Trees at Night"
2 min
1640
Arna Bontemps: "Length of Moon"
1 min
1641
Kimiko Hahn: "[The whale already]"
2 min
1642
Robert Pinsky: "Revisionary"
3 min
1643
Martín Espada: "Wake Up, Mario"
9 min
1644
Marilyn Nelson: "Last Mattress"
3 min
1645
Garrett Hongo: "On 'Phantasmagorique #15,' a Pa...
3 min
1646
Clarissa Scott Delany: "Joy"
1 min
1647
Langston Hughes: "As I Grew Older"
2 min
1648
Linda Susan Jackson: "Nailing Things Down"
3 min
1649
Joel Dias-Porter: "Three Wrong Notes"
3 min
1650
Sharon Olds: "Not Once"
3 min