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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Willa Carroll: "Cloud Demolition"
3 min
1652
Marianne Moore: "Reinforcements"
1 min
1653
Willa Cather: "I Sought the Wood in Winter"
3 min
1654
Meghann Plunkett: "Climate"
2 min
1655
Alicia Mountain: "Drift"
3 min
1656
Monica McClure: "The Heedless Shephard"
2 min
1657
Hannah Aizenman: "As a Father of Daughters"
3 min
1658
Guest Editor Interview: March 2022 Guest Editor...
12 min
1659
Kwame Dawes: "It Bruises, Too"
3 min
1660
Effie Lee Newsome: "Exodus"
1 min
1661
Bruce Nugent: "Shadow"
1 min
1662
Patricia Smith: "The Sun, Mad Envious, Just Wan...
4 min
1663
Cornelius Eady: "God Could Not Make Her a Poet"
3 min
1664
Afaa Michael Weaver: "Midnight Air in Louisville"
3 min
1665
Marie Howe: "My Dead Friends"
2 min
1666
Tim Seibles: "All the Time Blues Villanelle"
4 min
1667
Elizabeth Curtis Holman: "We Pulled a Rose in S...
1 min
1668
Waring Cuney: "No Images"
1 min
1669
Gail Mazur: "The Flea"
3 min
1670
Brandon D. Johnson: "Standing by a Shelf"
3 min
1671
Carl Phillips: "Why So This Quiet"
2 min
1672
Laure-Anne Bosselaar: "Late Afternoon Stroll on...
3 min
1673
E. Ethelbert Miller: "Crossing the Line"
2 min
1674
Helene Johnson: "Trees at Night"
2 min
1675
Arna Bontemps: "Length of Moon"
1 min