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.
1726
Cornelius Eady: "God Could Not Make Her a Poet"
3 min
1727
Afaa Michael Weaver: "Midnight Air in Louisville"
3 min
1728
Marie Howe: "My Dead Friends"
2 min
1729
Tim Seibles: "All the Time Blues Villanelle"
4 min
1730
Elizabeth Curtis Holman: "We Pulled a Rose in S...
1 min
1731
Waring Cuney: "No Images"
1 min
1732
Gail Mazur: "The Flea"
3 min
1733
Brandon D. Johnson: "Standing by a Shelf"
3 min
1734
Carl Phillips: "Why So This Quiet"
2 min
1735
Laure-Anne Bosselaar: "Late Afternoon Stroll on...
3 min
1736
E. Ethelbert Miller: "Crossing the Line"
2 min
1737
Helene Johnson: "Trees at Night"
2 min
1738
Arna Bontemps: "Length of Moon"
1 min
1739
Kimiko Hahn: "[The whale already]"
2 min
1740
Robert Pinsky: "Revisionary"
3 min
1741
Martín Espada: "Wake Up, Mario"
9 min
1742
Marilyn Nelson: "Last Mattress"
3 min
1743
Garrett Hongo: "On 'Phantasmagorique #15,' a Pa...
3 min
1744
Clarissa Scott Delany: "Joy"
1 min
1745
Langston Hughes: "As I Grew Older"
2 min
1746
Linda Susan Jackson: "Nailing Things Down"
3 min
1747
Joel Dias-Porter: "Three Wrong Notes"
3 min
1748
Sharon Olds: "Not Once"
3 min
1749
Yusef Komunyakaa: from “Autobiography of My Alt...
5 min
1750
Guest Editor Interview: February 2022 Guest Edi...
10 min