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
Major Jackson: "Let Me Begin Again"
4 min
1502
Lewis Grandison Alexander: "Japanese Hokku"
5 min
1503
Ariel Francisco: "Insomniami"
5 min
1504
Kaveh Akbar: "My Father’s Accent"
4 min
1505
Jeffrey Harrison: "The Little Book of Cheerful ...
2 min
1506
Dobby Gibson: "After Reading Kobayashi Issa’s T...
2 min
1507
Camille T. Dungy: "In her mostly white town, an...
3 min
1508
Didi Jackson: "Bobolink"
4 min
1509
William Stanley Braithwaite: "Near the End of A...
1 min
1510
Joseph Millar: "Venetian Siesta"
3 min
1511
Dorianne Laux: "I Never Wanted to Die"
2 min
1512
David St. John: "Overlooking the Cortile"
3 min
1513
Brian Sneeden: "Memory is Blood Soluble"
3 min
1514
Forrest Gander: "Pastoral"
3 min
1515
Carol Muske-Dukes: "Grief Dream"
2 min
1516
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Life and Death"
2 min
1517
André Naffis-Sahely: "The Other Side of Nowhere"
4 min
1518
Danusha Laméris: "Nothing Wants to Suffer"
4 min
1519
Iris Jamahl Dunkle: "House Empty Speaks a Loud ...
4 min
1520
Arthur Sze: "Rock Paper Scissors"
3 min
1521
Valencia Robin: "After Graduate School"
3 min
1522
Alicia Ostriker: "When Love"
2 min
1523
Rainer Maria Rilke: "Love Song"
2 min
1524
Irvin W. Underhill: "Winter to Spring"
2 min
1525
Dunya Mikhail: "One More Love Poem"
2 min