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
Waring Cuney: "No Images"
1 min
1627
Gail Mazur: "The Flea"
3 min
1628
Brandon D. Johnson: "Standing by a Shelf"
3 min
1629
Carl Phillips: "Why So This Quiet"
2 min
1630
Laure-Anne Bosselaar: "Late Afternoon Stroll on...
3 min
1631
E. Ethelbert Miller: "Crossing the Line"
2 min
1632
Helene Johnson: "Trees at Night"
2 min
1633
Arna Bontemps: "Length of Moon"
1 min
1634
Kimiko Hahn: "[The whale already]"
2 min
1635
Robert Pinsky: "Revisionary"
3 min
1636
Martín Espada: "Wake Up, Mario"
9 min
1637
Marilyn Nelson: "Last Mattress"
3 min
1638
Garrett Hongo: "On 'Phantasmagorique #15,' a Pa...
3 min
1639
Clarissa Scott Delany: "Joy"
1 min
1640
Langston Hughes: "As I Grew Older"
2 min
1641
Linda Susan Jackson: "Nailing Things Down"
3 min
1642
Joel Dias-Porter: "Three Wrong Notes"
3 min
1643
Sharon Olds: "Not Once"
3 min
1644
Yusef Komunyakaa: from “Autobiography of My Alt...
5 min
1645
Guest Editor Interview: February 2022 Guest Edi...
10 min
1646
Tamiko Beyer: February
4 min
1647
Sara Teasdale: "The Crystal Gazer"
1 min
1648
Stéphane Mallarmé: "Apparition"
2 min
1649
Eve L. Ewing: "testify"
2 min
1650
Sahar Romani: "Afternoon in Andalusia
3 min