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
Robert Pinsky: "Revisionary"
3 min
1702
Martín Espada: "Wake Up, Mario"
9 min
1703
Marilyn Nelson: "Last Mattress"
3 min
1704
Garrett Hongo: "On 'Phantasmagorique #15,' a Pa...
3 min
1705
Clarissa Scott Delany: "Joy"
1 min
1706
Langston Hughes: "As I Grew Older"
2 min
1707
Linda Susan Jackson: "Nailing Things Down"
3 min
1708
Joel Dias-Porter: "Three Wrong Notes"
3 min
1709
Sharon Olds: "Not Once"
3 min
1710
Yusef Komunyakaa: from “Autobiography of My Alt...
5 min
1711
Guest Editor Interview: February 2022 Guest Edi...
10 min
1712
Tamiko Beyer: February
4 min
1713
Sara Teasdale: "The Crystal Gazer"
1 min
1714
Stéphane Mallarmé: "Apparition"
2 min
1715
Eve L. Ewing: "testify"
2 min
1716
Sahar Romani: "Afternoon in Andalusia
3 min
1717
Jennifer Jean: "Inspiration Point"
3 min
1718
Bino A. Realuyo: "Euler's Equation"
3 min
1719
Su Hwang: "Little Matrons"
3 min
1720
Dorothy Parker: "Recurrence"
2 min
1721
Chaman Lall: "Departure"
2 min
1722
Safia Jama: "It’s Not Really about Them, It’s a...
3 min
1723
Jared Harél: "January 20, 2021"
3 min
1724
Christopher Santiago: "Insurrecto"
5 min
1725
Dimitri Reyes: "[Oye! This is an apartment buil...
3 min