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 Thea Matthews. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.
1126
Lewis Grandison Alexander: "Japanese Hokku"
5 min
1127
Ariel Francisco: "Insomniami"
5 min
1128
Kaveh Akbar: "My Father’s Accent"
4 min
1129
Jeffrey Harrison: "The Little Book of Cheerful ...
2 min
1130
Dobby Gibson: "After Reading Kobayashi Issa’s T...
2 min
1131
Camille T. Dungy: "In her mostly white town, an...
3 min
1132
Didi Jackson: "Bobolink"
4 min
1133
William Stanley Braithwaite: "Near the End of A...
1 min
1134
Joseph Millar: "Venetian Siesta"
3 min
1135
Dorianne Laux: "I Never Wanted to Die"
2 min
1136
David St. John: "Overlooking the Cortile"
3 min
1137
Brian Sneeden: "Memory is Blood Soluble"
3 min
1138
Forrest Gander: "Pastoral"
3 min
1139
Carol Muske-Dukes: "Grief Dream"
2 min
1140
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Life and Death"
2 min
1141
André Naffis-Sahely: "The Other Side of Nowhere"
4 min
1142
Danusha Laméris: "Nothing Wants to Suffer"
4 min
1143
Iris Jamahl Dunkle: "House Empty Speaks a Loud ...
4 min
1144
Arthur Sze: "Rock Paper Scissors"
3 min
1145
Valencia Robin: "After Graduate School"
3 min
1146
Alicia Ostriker: "When Love"
2 min
1147
Rainer Maria Rilke: "Love Song"
2 min
1148
Irvin W. Underhill: "Winter to Spring"
2 min
1149
Dunya Mikhail: "One More Love Poem"
2 min
1150
Lynne Thompson: "My Einsteinicity"
3 min