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
1376
Kate Daniels: "Gertrude: In the Rooms"
5 min
1377
Rosanna Warren: "Boletus"
3 min
1378
Linda Gregerson: "When Nothing But Tree"
5 min
1379
Major Jackson: "Let Me Begin Again"
4 min
1380
Lewis Grandison Alexander: "Japanese Hokku"
5 min
1381
Ariel Francisco: "Insomniami"
5 min
1382
Kaveh Akbar: "My Father’s Accent"
4 min
1383
Jeffrey Harrison: "The Little Book of Cheerful ...
2 min
1384
Dobby Gibson: "After Reading Kobayashi Issa’s T...
2 min
1385
Camille T. Dungy: "In her mostly white town, an...
3 min
1386
Didi Jackson: "Bobolink"
4 min
1387
William Stanley Braithwaite: "Near the End of A...
1 min
1388
Joseph Millar: "Venetian Siesta"
3 min
1389
Dorianne Laux: "I Never Wanted to Die"
2 min
1390
David St. John: "Overlooking the Cortile"
3 min
1391
Brian Sneeden: "Memory is Blood Soluble"
3 min
1392
Forrest Gander: "Pastoral"
3 min
1393
Carol Muske-Dukes: "Grief Dream"
2 min
1394
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Life and Death"
2 min
1395
André Naffis-Sahely: "The Other Side of Nowhere"
4 min
1396
Danusha Laméris: "Nothing Wants to Suffer"
4 min
1397
Iris Jamahl Dunkle: "House Empty Speaks a Loud ...
4 min
1398
Arthur Sze: "Rock Paper Scissors"
3 min
1399
Valencia Robin: "After Graduate School"
3 min
1400
Alicia Ostriker: "When Love"
2 min