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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Marianne Moore: "Reinforcements"
1 min
1677
Willa Cather: "I Sought the Wood in Winter"
3 min
1678
Meghann Plunkett: "Climate"
2 min
1679
Alicia Mountain: "Drift"
3 min
1680
Monica McClure: "The Heedless Shephard"
2 min
1681
Hannah Aizenman: "As a Father of Daughters"
3 min
1682
Guest Editor Interview: March 2022 Guest Editor...
12 min
1683
Kwame Dawes: "It Bruises, Too"
3 min
1684
Effie Lee Newsome: "Exodus"
1 min
1685
Bruce Nugent: "Shadow"
1 min
1686
Patricia Smith: "The Sun, Mad Envious, Just Wan...
4 min
1687
Cornelius Eady: "God Could Not Make Her a Poet"
3 min
1688
Afaa Michael Weaver: "Midnight Air in Louisville"
3 min
1689
Marie Howe: "My Dead Friends"
2 min
1690
Tim Seibles: "All the Time Blues Villanelle"
4 min
1691
Elizabeth Curtis Holman: "We Pulled a Rose in S...
1 min
1692
Waring Cuney: "No Images"
1 min
1693
Gail Mazur: "The Flea"
3 min
1694
Brandon D. Johnson: "Standing by a Shelf"
3 min
1695
Carl Phillips: "Why So This Quiet"
2 min
1696
Laure-Anne Bosselaar: "Late Afternoon Stroll on...
3 min
1697
E. Ethelbert Miller: "Crossing the Line"
2 min
1698
Helene Johnson: "Trees at Night"
2 min
1699
Arna Bontemps: "Length of Moon"
1 min
1700
Kimiko Hahn: "[The whale already]"
2 min