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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Sara Eliza Johnson: "Parable of the Unclean Spi...
3 min
1552
Destiny O. Birdsong: "Bandwidth"
3 min
1553
Derrick Austin: "The Birthday Interviews"
3 min
1554
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "It’s Important I Rem...
4 min
1555
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Fire-Flowers"
2 min
1556
Guest Editor Interview: May Guest Editor Sumita...
20 min
1557
Leah Naomi Green: "Origin Story"
4 min
1558
Dean Rader: "I Never Knew I Loved Dean Rader"
6 min
1559
Kate Daniels: "Gertrude: In the Rooms"
5 min
1560
Rosanna Warren: "Boletus"
3 min
1561
Linda Gregerson: "When Nothing But Tree"
5 min
1562
Major Jackson: "Let Me Begin Again"
4 min
1563
Lewis Grandison Alexander: "Japanese Hokku"
5 min
1564
Ariel Francisco: "Insomniami"
5 min
1565
Kaveh Akbar: "My Father’s Accent"
4 min
1566
Jeffrey Harrison: "The Little Book of Cheerful ...
2 min
1567
Dobby Gibson: "After Reading Kobayashi Issa’s T...
2 min
1568
Camille T. Dungy: "In her mostly white town, an...
3 min
1569
Didi Jackson: "Bobolink"
4 min
1570
William Stanley Braithwaite: "Near the End of A...
1 min
1571
Joseph Millar: "Venetian Siesta"
3 min
1572
Dorianne Laux: "I Never Wanted to Die"
2 min
1573
David St. John: "Overlooking the Cortile"
3 min
1574
Brian Sneeden: "Memory is Blood Soluble"
3 min
1575
Forrest Gander: "Pastoral"
3 min