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.

Books
1151
Didi Jackson: "Bobolink"
4 min
1152
William Stanley Braithwaite: "Near the End of A...
1 min
1153
Joseph Millar: "Venetian Siesta"
3 min
1154
Dorianne Laux: "I Never Wanted to Die"
2 min
1155
David St. John: "Overlooking the Cortile"
3 min
1156
Brian Sneeden: "Memory is Blood Soluble"
3 min
1157
Forrest Gander: "Pastoral"
3 min
1158
Carol Muske-Dukes: "Grief Dream"
2 min
1159
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Life and Death"
2 min
1160
André Naffis-Sahely: "The Other Side of Nowhere"
4 min
1161
Danusha Laméris: "Nothing Wants to Suffer"
4 min
1162
Iris Jamahl Dunkle: "House Empty Speaks a Loud ...
4 min
1163
Arthur Sze: "Rock Paper Scissors"
3 min
1164
Valencia Robin: "After Graduate School"
3 min
1165
Alicia Ostriker: "When Love"
2 min
1166
Rainer Maria Rilke: "Love Song"
2 min
1167
Irvin W. Underhill: "Winter to Spring"
2 min
1168
Dunya Mikhail: "One More Love Poem"
2 min
1169
Lynne Thompson: "My Einsteinicity"
3 min
1170
Lupe Mendez: "La suavecita"
4 min
1171
Cynthia Dewi Oka: "The Roots Do a Live Cover of...
3 min
1172
Cyrus Cassells: "How Many Lives Have We Lived i...
3 min
1173
Effie Lee Newsome: "O Sea, That Knowest Thy Str...
2 min
1174
Ana Castillo: "A Amazônia está queimando"
5 min
1175
Aimee Nezhukumatathil: "Ode to Sitting in a Booth"
3 min