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
Youmna Chlala: "Night Needs No Stars"
2 min
1702
Tracy Fuad: "Eclipse Season"
5 min
1703
Willa Carroll: "Cloud Demolition"
3 min
1704
Marianne Moore: "Reinforcements"
1 min
1705
Willa Cather: "I Sought the Wood in Winter"
3 min
1706
Meghann Plunkett: "Climate"
2 min
1707
Alicia Mountain: "Drift"
3 min
1708
Monica McClure: "The Heedless Shephard"
2 min
1709
Hannah Aizenman: "As a Father of Daughters"
3 min
1710
Guest Editor Interview: March 2022 Guest Editor...
12 min
1711
Kwame Dawes: "It Bruises, Too"
3 min
1712
Effie Lee Newsome: "Exodus"
1 min
1713
Bruce Nugent: "Shadow"
1 min
1714
Patricia Smith: "The Sun, Mad Envious, Just Wan...
4 min
1715
Cornelius Eady: "God Could Not Make Her a Poet"
3 min
1716
Afaa Michael Weaver: "Midnight Air in Louisville"
3 min
1717
Marie Howe: "My Dead Friends"
2 min
1718
Tim Seibles: "All the Time Blues Villanelle"
4 min
1719
Elizabeth Curtis Holman: "We Pulled a Rose in S...
1 min
1720
Waring Cuney: "No Images"
1 min
1721
Gail Mazur: "The Flea"
3 min
1722
Brandon D. Johnson: "Standing by a Shelf"
3 min
1723
Carl Phillips: "Why So This Quiet"
2 min
1724
Laure-Anne Bosselaar: "Late Afternoon Stroll on...
3 min
1725
E. Ethelbert Miller: "Crossing the Line"
2 min