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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Marie Howe: "My Dead Friends"
2 min
1727
Tim Seibles: "All the Time Blues Villanelle"
4 min
1728
Elizabeth Curtis Holman: "We Pulled a Rose in S...
1 min
1729
Waring Cuney: "No Images"
1 min
1730
Gail Mazur: "The Flea"
3 min
1731
Brandon D. Johnson: "Standing by a Shelf"
3 min
1732
Carl Phillips: "Why So This Quiet"
2 min
1733
Laure-Anne Bosselaar: "Late Afternoon Stroll on...
3 min
1734
E. Ethelbert Miller: "Crossing the Line"
2 min
1735
Helene Johnson: "Trees at Night"
2 min
1736
Arna Bontemps: "Length of Moon"
1 min
1737
Kimiko Hahn: "[The whale already]"
2 min
1738
Robert Pinsky: "Revisionary"
3 min
1739
Martín Espada: "Wake Up, Mario"
9 min
1740
Marilyn Nelson: "Last Mattress"
3 min
1741
Garrett Hongo: "On 'Phantasmagorique #15,' a Pa...
3 min
1742
Clarissa Scott Delany: "Joy"
1 min
1743
Langston Hughes: "As I Grew Older"
2 min
1744
Linda Susan Jackson: "Nailing Things Down"
3 min
1745
Joel Dias-Porter: "Three Wrong Notes"
3 min
1746
Sharon Olds: "Not Once"
3 min
1747
Yusef Komunyakaa: from “Autobiography of My Alt...
5 min
1748
Guest Editor Interview: February 2022 Guest Edi...
10 min
1749
Tamiko Beyer: February
4 min
1750
Sara Teasdale: "The Crystal Gazer"
1 min