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
1752
Tim Seibles: "All the Time Blues Villanelle"
4 min
1753
Elizabeth Curtis Holman: "We Pulled a Rose in S...
1 min
1754
Waring Cuney: "No Images"
1 min
1755
Gail Mazur: "The Flea"
3 min
1756
Brandon D. Johnson: "Standing by a Shelf"
3 min
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Carl Phillips: "Why So This Quiet"
2 min
1758
Laure-Anne Bosselaar: "Late Afternoon Stroll on...
3 min
1759
E. Ethelbert Miller: "Crossing the Line"
2 min
1760
Helene Johnson: "Trees at Night"
2 min
1761
Arna Bontemps: "Length of Moon"
1 min
1762
Kimiko Hahn: "[The whale already]"
2 min
1763
Robert Pinsky: "Revisionary"
3 min
1764
Martín Espada: "Wake Up, Mario"
9 min
1765
Marilyn Nelson: "Last Mattress"
3 min
1766
Garrett Hongo: "On 'Phantasmagorique #15,' a Pa...
3 min
1767
Clarissa Scott Delany: "Joy"
1 min
1768
Langston Hughes: "As I Grew Older"
2 min
1769
Linda Susan Jackson: "Nailing Things Down"
3 min
1770
Joel Dias-Porter: "Three Wrong Notes"
3 min
1771
Sharon Olds: "Not Once"
3 min
1772
Yusef Komunyakaa: from “Autobiography of My Alt...
5 min
1773
Guest Editor Interview: February 2022 Guest Edi...
10 min
1774
Tamiko Beyer: February
4 min
1775
Sara Teasdale: "The Crystal Gazer"
1 min