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.
1626
Cornelius Eady: "God Could Not Make Her a Poet"
3 min
1627
Afaa Michael Weaver: "Midnight Air in Louisville"
3 min
1628
Marie Howe: "My Dead Friends"
2 min
1629
Tim Seibles: "All the Time Blues Villanelle"
4 min
1630
Elizabeth Curtis Holman: "We Pulled a Rose in S...
1 min
1631
Waring Cuney: "No Images"
1 min
1632
Gail Mazur: "The Flea"
3 min
1633
Brandon D. Johnson: "Standing by a Shelf"
3 min
1634
Carl Phillips: "Why So This Quiet"
2 min
1635
Laure-Anne Bosselaar: "Late Afternoon Stroll on...
3 min
1636
E. Ethelbert Miller: "Crossing the Line"
2 min
1637
Helene Johnson: "Trees at Night"
2 min
1638
Arna Bontemps: "Length of Moon"
1 min
1639
Kimiko Hahn: "[The whale already]"
2 min
1640
Robert Pinsky: "Revisionary"
3 min
1641
Martín Espada: "Wake Up, Mario"
9 min
1642
Marilyn Nelson: "Last Mattress"
3 min
1643
Garrett Hongo: "On 'Phantasmagorique #15,' a Pa...
3 min
1644
Clarissa Scott Delany: "Joy"
1 min
1645
Langston Hughes: "As I Grew Older"
2 min
1646
Linda Susan Jackson: "Nailing Things Down"
3 min
1647
Joel Dias-Porter: "Three Wrong Notes"
3 min
1648
Sharon Olds: "Not Once"
3 min
1649
Yusef Komunyakaa: from “Autobiography of My Alt...
5 min
1650
Guest Editor Interview: February 2022 Guest Edi...
10 min