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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Monica McClure: "The Heedless Shephard"
2 min
1777
Hannah Aizenman: "As a Father of Daughters"
3 min
1778
Guest Editor Interview: March 2022 Guest Editor...
12 min
1779
Kwame Dawes: "It Bruises, Too"
3 min
1780
Effie Lee Newsome: "Exodus"
1 min
1781
Bruce Nugent: "Shadow"
1 min
1782
Patricia Smith: "The Sun, Mad Envious, Just Wan...
4 min
1783
Cornelius Eady: "God Could Not Make Her a Poet"
3 min
1784
Afaa Michael Weaver: "Midnight Air in Louisville"
3 min
1785
Marie Howe: "My Dead Friends"
2 min
1786
Tim Seibles: "All the Time Blues Villanelle"
4 min
1787
Elizabeth Curtis Holman: "We Pulled a Rose in S...
1 min
1788
Waring Cuney: "No Images"
1 min
1789
Gail Mazur: "The Flea"
3 min
1790
Brandon D. Johnson: "Standing by a Shelf"
3 min
1791
Carl Phillips: "Why So This Quiet"
2 min
1792
Laure-Anne Bosselaar: "Late Afternoon Stroll on...
3 min
1793
E. Ethelbert Miller: "Crossing the Line"
2 min
1794
Helene Johnson: "Trees at Night"
2 min
1795
Arna Bontemps: "Length of Moon"
1 min
1796
Kimiko Hahn: "[The whale already]"
2 min
1797
Robert Pinsky: "Revisionary"
3 min
1798
Martín Espada: "Wake Up, Mario"
9 min
1799
Marilyn Nelson: "Last Mattress"
3 min
1800
Garrett Hongo: "On 'Phantasmagorique #15,' a Pa...
3 min