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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E. Ethelbert Miller: "Crossing the Line"
2 min
1677
Helene Johnson: "Trees at Night"
2 min
1678
Arna Bontemps: "Length of Moon"
1 min
1679
Kimiko Hahn: "[The whale already]"
2 min
1680
Robert Pinsky: "Revisionary"
3 min
1681
Martín Espada: "Wake Up, Mario"
9 min
1682
Marilyn Nelson: "Last Mattress"
3 min
1683
Garrett Hongo: "On 'Phantasmagorique #15,' a Pa...
3 min
1684
Clarissa Scott Delany: "Joy"
1 min
1685
Langston Hughes: "As I Grew Older"
2 min
1686
Linda Susan Jackson: "Nailing Things Down"
3 min
1687
Joel Dias-Porter: "Three Wrong Notes"
3 min
1688
Sharon Olds: "Not Once"
3 min
1689
Yusef Komunyakaa: from “Autobiography of My Alt...
5 min
1690
Guest Editor Interview: February 2022 Guest Edi...
10 min
1691
Tamiko Beyer: February
4 min
1692
Sara Teasdale: "The Crystal Gazer"
1 min
1693
Stéphane Mallarmé: "Apparition"
2 min
1694
Eve L. Ewing: "testify"
2 min
1695
Sahar Romani: "Afternoon in Andalusia
3 min
1696
Jennifer Jean: "Inspiration Point"
3 min
1697
Bino A. Realuyo: "Euler's Equation"
3 min
1698
Su Hwang: "Little Matrons"
3 min
1699
Dorothy Parker: "Recurrence"
2 min
1700
Chaman Lall: "Departure"
2 min