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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Laure-Anne Bosselaar: "Late Afternoon Stroll on...
3 min
1727
E. Ethelbert Miller: "Crossing the Line"
2 min
1728
Helene Johnson: "Trees at Night"
2 min
1729
Arna Bontemps: "Length of Moon"
1 min
1730
Kimiko Hahn: "[The whale already]"
2 min
1731
Robert Pinsky: "Revisionary"
3 min
1732
Martín Espada: "Wake Up, Mario"
9 min
1733
Marilyn Nelson: "Last Mattress"
3 min
1734
Garrett Hongo: "On 'Phantasmagorique #15,' a Pa...
3 min
1735
Clarissa Scott Delany: "Joy"
1 min
1736
Langston Hughes: "As I Grew Older"
2 min
1737
Linda Susan Jackson: "Nailing Things Down"
3 min
1738
Joel Dias-Porter: "Three Wrong Notes"
3 min
1739
Sharon Olds: "Not Once"
3 min
1740
Yusef Komunyakaa: from “Autobiography of My Alt...
5 min
1741
Guest Editor Interview: February 2022 Guest Edi...
10 min
1742
Tamiko Beyer: February
4 min
1743
Sara Teasdale: "The Crystal Gazer"
1 min
1744
Stéphane Mallarmé: "Apparition"
2 min
1745
Eve L. Ewing: "testify"
2 min
1746
Sahar Romani: "Afternoon in Andalusia
3 min
1747
Jennifer Jean: "Inspiration Point"
3 min
1748
Bino A. Realuyo: "Euler's Equation"
3 min
1749
Su Hwang: "Little Matrons"
3 min
1750
Dorothy Parker: "Recurrence"
2 min