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.
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Major Jackson: "Let Me Begin Again"
4 min
1227
Lewis Grandison Alexander: "Japanese Hokku"
5 min
1228
Ariel Francisco: "Insomniami"
5 min
1229
Kaveh Akbar: "My Father’s Accent"
4 min
1230
Jeffrey Harrison: "The Little Book of Cheerful ...
2 min
1231
Dobby Gibson: "After Reading Kobayashi Issa’s T...
2 min
1232
Camille T. Dungy: "In her mostly white town, an...
3 min
1233
Didi Jackson: "Bobolink"
4 min
1234
William Stanley Braithwaite: "Near the End of A...
1 min
1235
Joseph Millar: "Venetian Siesta"
3 min
1236
Dorianne Laux: "I Never Wanted to Die"
2 min
1237
David St. John: "Overlooking the Cortile"
3 min
1238
Brian Sneeden: "Memory is Blood Soluble"
3 min
1239
Forrest Gander: "Pastoral"
3 min
1240
Carol Muske-Dukes: "Grief Dream"
2 min
1241
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Life and Death"
2 min
1242
André Naffis-Sahely: "The Other Side of Nowhere"
4 min
1243
Danusha Laméris: "Nothing Wants to Suffer"
4 min
1244
Iris Jamahl Dunkle: "House Empty Speaks a Loud ...
4 min
1245
Arthur Sze: "Rock Paper Scissors"
3 min
1246
Valencia Robin: "After Graduate School"
3 min
1247
Alicia Ostriker: "When Love"
2 min
1248
Rainer Maria Rilke: "Love Song"
2 min
1249
Irvin W. Underhill: "Winter to Spring"
2 min
1250
Dunya Mikhail: "One More Love Poem"
2 min