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
1326
William Stanley Braithwaite: "Near the End of A...
1 min
1327
Joseph Millar: "Venetian Siesta"
3 min
1328
Dorianne Laux: "I Never Wanted to Die"
2 min
1329
David St. John: "Overlooking the Cortile"
3 min
1330
Brian Sneeden: "Memory is Blood Soluble"
3 min
1331
Forrest Gander: "Pastoral"
3 min
1332
Carol Muske-Dukes: "Grief Dream"
2 min
1333
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Life and Death"
2 min
1334
André Naffis-Sahely: "The Other Side of Nowhere"
4 min
1335
Danusha Laméris: "Nothing Wants to Suffer"
4 min
1336
Iris Jamahl Dunkle: "House Empty Speaks a Loud ...
4 min
1337
Arthur Sze: "Rock Paper Scissors"
3 min
1338
Valencia Robin: "After Graduate School"
3 min
1339
Alicia Ostriker: "When Love"
2 min
1340
Rainer Maria Rilke: "Love Song"
2 min
1341
Irvin W. Underhill: "Winter to Spring"
2 min
1342
Dunya Mikhail: "One More Love Poem"
2 min
1343
Lynne Thompson: "My Einsteinicity"
3 min
1344
Lupe Mendez: "La suavecita"
4 min
1345
Cynthia Dewi Oka: "The Roots Do a Live Cover of...
3 min
1346
Cyrus Cassells: "How Many Lives Have We Lived i...
3 min
1347
Effie Lee Newsome: "O Sea, That Knowest Thy Str...
2 min
1348
Ana Castillo: "A Amazônia está queimando"
5 min
1349
Aimee Nezhukumatathil: "Ode to Sitting in a Booth"
3 min
1350
Angela Peñaredondo: "to hold these contradictio...
4 min