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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Stefania Gomez: "At the New York City AIDS Memo...
3 min
1627
Youmna Chlala: "Night Needs No Stars"
2 min
1628
Tracy Fuad: "Eclipse Season"
5 min
1629
Willa Carroll: "Cloud Demolition"
3 min
1630
Marianne Moore: "Reinforcements"
1 min
1631
Willa Cather: "I Sought the Wood in Winter"
3 min
1632
Meghann Plunkett: "Climate"
2 min
1633
Alicia Mountain: "Drift"
3 min
1634
Monica McClure: "The Heedless Shephard"
2 min
1635
Hannah Aizenman: "As a Father of Daughters"
3 min
1636
Guest Editor Interview: March 2022 Guest Editor...
12 min
1637
Kwame Dawes: "It Bruises, Too"
3 min
1638
Effie Lee Newsome: "Exodus"
1 min
1639
Bruce Nugent: "Shadow"
1 min
1640
Patricia Smith: "The Sun, Mad Envious, Just Wan...
4 min
1641
Cornelius Eady: "God Could Not Make Her a Poet"
3 min
1642
Afaa Michael Weaver: "Midnight Air in Louisville"
3 min
1643
Marie Howe: "My Dead Friends"
2 min
1644
Tim Seibles: "All the Time Blues Villanelle"
4 min
1645
Elizabeth Curtis Holman: "We Pulled a Rose in S...
1 min
1646
Waring Cuney: "No Images"
1 min
1647
Gail Mazur: "The Flea"
3 min
1648
Brandon D. Johnson: "Standing by a Shelf"
3 min
1649
Carl Phillips: "Why So This Quiet"
2 min
1650
Laure-Anne Bosselaar: "Late Afternoon Stroll on...
3 min