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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Brandon D. Johnson: "Standing by a Shelf"
3 min
1752
Carl Phillips: "Why So This Quiet"
2 min
1753
Laure-Anne Bosselaar: "Late Afternoon Stroll on...
3 min
1754
E. Ethelbert Miller: "Crossing the Line"
2 min
1755
Helene Johnson: "Trees at Night"
2 min
1756
Arna Bontemps: "Length of Moon"
1 min
1757
Kimiko Hahn: "[The whale already]"
2 min
1758
Robert Pinsky: "Revisionary"
3 min
1759
Martín Espada: "Wake Up, Mario"
9 min
1760
Marilyn Nelson: "Last Mattress"
3 min
1761
Garrett Hongo: "On 'Phantasmagorique #15,' a Pa...
3 min
1762
Clarissa Scott Delany: "Joy"
1 min
1763
Langston Hughes: "As I Grew Older"
2 min
1764
Linda Susan Jackson: "Nailing Things Down"
3 min
1765
Joel Dias-Porter: "Three Wrong Notes"
3 min
1766
Sharon Olds: "Not Once"
3 min
1767
Yusef Komunyakaa: from “Autobiography of My Alt...
5 min
1768
Guest Editor Interview: February 2022 Guest Edi...
10 min
1769
Tamiko Beyer: February
4 min
1770
Sara Teasdale: "The Crystal Gazer"
1 min
1771
Stéphane Mallarmé: "Apparition"
2 min
1772
Eve L. Ewing: "testify"
2 min
1773
Sahar Romani: "Afternoon in Andalusia
3 min
1774
Jennifer Jean: "Inspiration Point"
3 min
1775
Bino A. Realuyo: "Euler's Equation"
3 min