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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Garrett Hongo: "On 'Phantasmagorique #15,' a Pa...
3 min
1652
Clarissa Scott Delany: "Joy"
1 min
1653
Langston Hughes: "As I Grew Older"
2 min
1654
Linda Susan Jackson: "Nailing Things Down"
3 min
1655
Joel Dias-Porter: "Three Wrong Notes"
3 min
1656
Sharon Olds: "Not Once"
3 min
1657
Yusef Komunyakaa: from “Autobiography of My Alt...
5 min
1658
Guest Editor Interview: February 2022 Guest Edi...
10 min
1659
Tamiko Beyer: February
4 min
1660
Sara Teasdale: "The Crystal Gazer"
1 min
1661
Stéphane Mallarmé: "Apparition"
2 min
1662
Eve L. Ewing: "testify"
2 min
1663
Sahar Romani: "Afternoon in Andalusia
3 min
1664
Jennifer Jean: "Inspiration Point"
3 min
1665
Bino A. Realuyo: "Euler's Equation"
3 min
1666
Su Hwang: "Little Matrons"
3 min
1667
Dorothy Parker: "Recurrence"
2 min
1668
Chaman Lall: "Departure"
2 min
1669
Safia Jama: "It’s Not Really about Them, It’s a...
3 min
1670
Jared Harél: "January 20, 2021"
3 min
1671
Christopher Santiago: "Insurrecto"
5 min
1672
Dimitri Reyes: "[Oye! This is an apartment buil...
3 min
1673
Hossannah Asuncion: "Suspending Disbelief While...
3 min
1674
W. E. B. Du Bois: "The Song of the Smoke"
3 min
1675
Mary Weston Fordham: "A Reverie"
2 min