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