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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Alicia Mountain: "Drift"
3 min
1627
Monica McClure: "The Heedless Shephard"
2 min
1628
Hannah Aizenman: "As a Father of Daughters"
3 min
1629
Guest Editor Interview: March 2022 Guest Editor...
12 min
1630
Kwame Dawes: "It Bruises, Too"
3 min
1631
Effie Lee Newsome: "Exodus"
1 min
1632
Bruce Nugent: "Shadow"
1 min
1633
Patricia Smith: "The Sun, Mad Envious, Just Wan...
4 min
1634
Cornelius Eady: "God Could Not Make Her a Poet"
3 min
1635
Afaa Michael Weaver: "Midnight Air in Louisville"
3 min
1636
Marie Howe: "My Dead Friends"
2 min
1637
Tim Seibles: "All the Time Blues Villanelle"
4 min
1638
Elizabeth Curtis Holman: "We Pulled a Rose in S...
1 min
1639
Waring Cuney: "No Images"
1 min
1640
Gail Mazur: "The Flea"
3 min
1641
Brandon D. Johnson: "Standing by a Shelf"
3 min
1642
Carl Phillips: "Why So This Quiet"
2 min
1643
Laure-Anne Bosselaar: "Late Afternoon Stroll on...
3 min
1644
E. Ethelbert Miller: "Crossing the Line"
2 min
1645
Helene Johnson: "Trees at Night"
2 min
1646
Arna Bontemps: "Length of Moon"
1 min
1647
Kimiko Hahn: "[The whale already]"
2 min
1648
Robert Pinsky: "Revisionary"
3 min
1649
Martín Espada: "Wake Up, Mario"
9 min
1650
Marilyn Nelson: "Last Mattress"
3 min