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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Langston Hughes: "As I Grew Older"
2 min
1652
Linda Susan Jackson: "Nailing Things Down"
3 min
1653
Joel Dias-Porter: "Three Wrong Notes"
3 min
1654
Sharon Olds: "Not Once"
3 min
1655
Yusef Komunyakaa: from “Autobiography of My Alt...
5 min
1656
Guest Editor Interview: February 2022 Guest Edi...
10 min
1657
Tamiko Beyer: February
4 min
1658
Sara Teasdale: "The Crystal Gazer"
1 min
1659
Stéphane Mallarmé: "Apparition"
2 min
1660
Eve L. Ewing: "testify"
2 min
1661
Sahar Romani: "Afternoon in Andalusia
3 min
1662
Jennifer Jean: "Inspiration Point"
3 min
1663
Bino A. Realuyo: "Euler's Equation"
3 min
1664
Su Hwang: "Little Matrons"
3 min
1665
Dorothy Parker: "Recurrence"
2 min
1666
Chaman Lall: "Departure"
2 min
1667
Safia Jama: "It’s Not Really about Them, It’s a...
3 min
1668
Jared Harél: "January 20, 2021"
3 min
1669
Christopher Santiago: "Insurrecto"
5 min
1670
Dimitri Reyes: "[Oye! This is an apartment buil...
3 min
1671
Hossannah Asuncion: "Suspending Disbelief While...
3 min
1672
W. E. B. Du Bois: "The Song of the Smoke"
3 min
1673
Mary Weston Fordham: "A Reverie"
2 min
1674
F. Douglas Brown: "Aubade with Edits"
4 min
1675
KC Trommer: "Self-lit"
3 min