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.
1701
Evan Gill Smith: "The Cow Speaks to the Child"
2 min
1702
Eugenia Leigh: "Glossolalia"
3 min
1703
Tarfia Faizullah: "Red-Lipped Poem"
2 min
1704
Maya C. Popa: "One Way or Another"
3 min
1705
Emily Pittinos: "A Cloud of Drench Bearing Down"
4 min
1706
Katherine Mansfield: "Voices of the Air"
2 min
1707
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha: "Femme Futures"
9 min
1708
Noʻu Revilla: "Welcome to the Gut House"
5 min
1709
Stefania Gomez: "At the New York City AIDS Memo...
3 min
1710
Youmna Chlala: "Night Needs No Stars"
2 min
1711
Tracy Fuad: "Eclipse Season"
5 min
1712
Willa Carroll: "Cloud Demolition"
3 min
1713
Marianne Moore: "Reinforcements"
1 min
1714
Willa Cather: "I Sought the Wood in Winter"
3 min
1715
Meghann Plunkett: "Climate"
2 min
1716
Alicia Mountain: "Drift"
3 min
1717
Monica McClure: "The Heedless Shephard"
2 min
1718
Hannah Aizenman: "As a Father of Daughters"
3 min
1719
Guest Editor Interview: March 2022 Guest Editor...
12 min
1720
Kwame Dawes: "It Bruises, Too"
3 min
1721
Effie Lee Newsome: "Exodus"
1 min
1722
Bruce Nugent: "Shadow"
1 min
1723
Patricia Smith: "The Sun, Mad Envious, Just Wan...
4 min
1724
Cornelius Eady: "God Could Not Make Her a Poet"
3 min
1725
Afaa Michael Weaver: "Midnight Air in Louisville"
3 min