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
1551
Kaveh Akbar: "My Father’s Accent"
4 min
1552
Jeffrey Harrison: "The Little Book of Cheerful ...
2 min
1553
Dobby Gibson: "After Reading Kobayashi Issa’s T...
2 min
1554
Camille T. Dungy: "In her mostly white town, an...
3 min
1555
Didi Jackson: "Bobolink"
4 min
1556
William Stanley Braithwaite: "Near the End of A...
1 min
1557
Joseph Millar: "Venetian Siesta"
3 min
1558
Dorianne Laux: "I Never Wanted to Die"
2 min
1559
David St. John: "Overlooking the Cortile"
3 min
1560
Brian Sneeden: "Memory is Blood Soluble"
3 min
1561
Forrest Gander: "Pastoral"
3 min
1562
Carol Muske-Dukes: "Grief Dream"
2 min
1563
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Life and Death"
2 min
1564
André Naffis-Sahely: "The Other Side of Nowhere"
4 min
1565
Danusha Laméris: "Nothing Wants to Suffer"
4 min
1566
Iris Jamahl Dunkle: "House Empty Speaks a Loud ...
4 min
1567
Arthur Sze: "Rock Paper Scissors"
3 min
1568
Valencia Robin: "After Graduate School"
3 min
1569
Alicia Ostriker: "When Love"
2 min
1570
Rainer Maria Rilke: "Love Song"
2 min
1571
Irvin W. Underhill: "Winter to Spring"
2 min
1572
Dunya Mikhail: "One More Love Poem"
2 min
1573
Lynne Thompson: "My Einsteinicity"
3 min
1574
Lupe Mendez: "La suavecita"
4 min
1575
Cynthia Dewi Oka: "The Roots Do a Live Cover of...
3 min