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.
1801
Langston Hughes: "As I Grew Older"
2 min
1802
Linda Susan Jackson: "Nailing Things Down"
3 min
1803
Joel Dias-Porter: "Three Wrong Notes"
3 min
1804
Sharon Olds: "Not Once"
3 min
1805
Yusef Komunyakaa: from “Autobiography of My Alt...
5 min
1806
Guest Editor Interview: February 2022 Guest Edi...
10 min
1807
Tamiko Beyer: February
4 min
1808
Sara Teasdale: "The Crystal Gazer"
1 min
1809
Stéphane Mallarmé: "Apparition"
2 min
1810
Eve L. Ewing: "testify"
2 min
1811
Sahar Romani: "Afternoon in Andalusia
3 min
1812
Jennifer Jean: "Inspiration Point"
3 min
1813
Bino A. Realuyo: "Euler's Equation"
3 min
1814
Su Hwang: "Little Matrons"
3 min
1815
Dorothy Parker: "Recurrence"
2 min
1816
Chaman Lall: "Departure"
2 min
1817
Safia Jama: "It’s Not Really about Them, It’s a...
3 min
1818
Jared Harél: "January 20, 2021"
3 min
1819
Christopher Santiago: "Insurrecto"
5 min
1820
Dimitri Reyes: "[Oye! This is an apartment buil...
3 min
1821
Hossannah Asuncion: "Suspending Disbelief While...
3 min
1822
W. E. B. Du Bois: "The Song of the Smoke"
3 min
1823
Mary Weston Fordham: "A Reverie"
2 min
1824
F. Douglas Brown: "Aubade with Edits"
4 min
1825
KC Trommer: "Self-lit"
3 min