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.
1501
Derrick Austin: "The Birthday Interviews"
3 min
1502
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "It’s Important I Rem...
4 min
1503
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Fire-Flowers"
2 min
1504
Guest Editor Interview: May Guest Editor Sumita...
20 min
1505
Leah Naomi Green: "Origin Story"
4 min
1506
Dean Rader: "I Never Knew I Loved Dean Rader"
6 min
1507
Kate Daniels: "Gertrude: In the Rooms"
5 min
1508
Rosanna Warren: "Boletus"
3 min
1509
Linda Gregerson: "When Nothing But Tree"
5 min
1510
Major Jackson: "Let Me Begin Again"
4 min
1511
Lewis Grandison Alexander: "Japanese Hokku"
5 min
1512
Ariel Francisco: "Insomniami"
5 min
1513
Kaveh Akbar: "My Father’s Accent"
4 min
1514
Jeffrey Harrison: "The Little Book of Cheerful ...
2 min
1515
Dobby Gibson: "After Reading Kobayashi Issa’s T...
2 min
1516
Camille T. Dungy: "In her mostly white town, an...
3 min
1517
Didi Jackson: "Bobolink"
4 min
1518
William Stanley Braithwaite: "Near the End of A...
1 min
1519
Joseph Millar: "Venetian Siesta"
3 min
1520
Dorianne Laux: "I Never Wanted to Die"
2 min
1521
David St. John: "Overlooking the Cortile"
3 min
1522
Brian Sneeden: "Memory is Blood Soluble"
3 min
1523
Forrest Gander: "Pastoral"
3 min
1524
Carol Muske-Dukes: "Grief Dream"
2 min
1525
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Life and Death"
2 min