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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Guest Editor Interview: March 2022 Guest Editor...
12 min
1727
Kwame Dawes: "It Bruises, Too"
3 min
1728
Effie Lee Newsome: "Exodus"
1 min
1729
Bruce Nugent: "Shadow"
1 min
1730
Patricia Smith: "The Sun, Mad Envious, Just Wan...
4 min
1731
Cornelius Eady: "God Could Not Make Her a Poet"
3 min
1732
Afaa Michael Weaver: "Midnight Air in Louisville"
3 min
1733
Marie Howe: "My Dead Friends"
2 min
1734
Tim Seibles: "All the Time Blues Villanelle"
4 min
1735
Elizabeth Curtis Holman: "We Pulled a Rose in S...
1 min
1736
Waring Cuney: "No Images"
1 min
1737
Gail Mazur: "The Flea"
3 min
1738
Brandon D. Johnson: "Standing by a Shelf"
3 min
1739
Carl Phillips: "Why So This Quiet"
2 min
1740
Laure-Anne Bosselaar: "Late Afternoon Stroll on...
3 min
1741
E. Ethelbert Miller: "Crossing the Line"
2 min
1742
Helene Johnson: "Trees at Night"
2 min
1743
Arna Bontemps: "Length of Moon"
1 min
1744
Kimiko Hahn: "[The whale already]"
2 min
1745
Robert Pinsky: "Revisionary"
3 min
1746
Martín Espada: "Wake Up, Mario"
9 min
1747
Marilyn Nelson: "Last Mattress"
3 min
1748
Garrett Hongo: "On 'Phantasmagorique #15,' a Pa...
3 min
1749
Clarissa Scott Delany: "Joy"
1 min
1750
Langston Hughes: "As I Grew Older"
2 min