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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Tracy Fuad: "Eclipse Season"
5 min
1727
Willa Carroll: "Cloud Demolition"
3 min
1728
Marianne Moore: "Reinforcements"
1 min
1729
Willa Cather: "I Sought the Wood in Winter"
3 min
1730
Meghann Plunkett: "Climate"
2 min
1731
Alicia Mountain: "Drift"
3 min
1732
Monica McClure: "The Heedless Shephard"
2 min
1733
Hannah Aizenman: "As a Father of Daughters"
3 min
1734
Guest Editor Interview: March 2022 Guest Editor...
12 min
1735
Kwame Dawes: "It Bruises, Too"
3 min
1736
Effie Lee Newsome: "Exodus"
1 min
1737
Bruce Nugent: "Shadow"
1 min
1738
Patricia Smith: "The Sun, Mad Envious, Just Wan...
4 min
1739
Cornelius Eady: "God Could Not Make Her a Poet"
3 min
1740
Afaa Michael Weaver: "Midnight Air in Louisville"
3 min
1741
Marie Howe: "My Dead Friends"
2 min
1742
Tim Seibles: "All the Time Blues Villanelle"
4 min
1743
Elizabeth Curtis Holman: "We Pulled a Rose in S...
1 min
1744
Waring Cuney: "No Images"
1 min
1745
Gail Mazur: "The Flea"
3 min
1746
Brandon D. Johnson: "Standing by a Shelf"
3 min
1747
Carl Phillips: "Why So This Quiet"
2 min
1748
Laure-Anne Bosselaar: "Late Afternoon Stroll on...
3 min
1749
E. Ethelbert Miller: "Crossing the Line"
2 min
1750
Helene Johnson: "Trees at Night"
2 min