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