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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Hannah Aizenman: "As a Father of Daughters"
3 min
1677
Guest Editor Interview: March 2022 Guest Editor...
12 min
1678
Kwame Dawes: "It Bruises, Too"
3 min
1679
Effie Lee Newsome: "Exodus"
1 min
1680
Bruce Nugent: "Shadow"
1 min
1681
Patricia Smith: "The Sun, Mad Envious, Just Wan...
4 min
1682
Cornelius Eady: "God Could Not Make Her a Poet"
3 min
1683
Afaa Michael Weaver: "Midnight Air in Louisville"
3 min
1684
Marie Howe: "My Dead Friends"
2 min
1685
Tim Seibles: "All the Time Blues Villanelle"
4 min
1686
Elizabeth Curtis Holman: "We Pulled a Rose in S...
1 min
1687
Waring Cuney: "No Images"
1 min
1688
Gail Mazur: "The Flea"
3 min
1689
Brandon D. Johnson: "Standing by a Shelf"
3 min
1690
Carl Phillips: "Why So This Quiet"
2 min
1691
Laure-Anne Bosselaar: "Late Afternoon Stroll on...
3 min
1692
E. Ethelbert Miller: "Crossing the Line"
2 min
1693
Helene Johnson: "Trees at Night"
2 min
1694
Arna Bontemps: "Length of Moon"
1 min
1695
Kimiko Hahn: "[The whale already]"
2 min
1696
Robert Pinsky: "Revisionary"
3 min
1697
Martín Espada: "Wake Up, Mario"
9 min
1698
Marilyn Nelson: "Last Mattress"
3 min
1699
Garrett Hongo: "On 'Phantasmagorique #15,' a Pa...
3 min
1700
Clarissa Scott Delany: "Joy"
1 min