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 Genevieve Shubeck. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.
1551
Philip Metres: "We Are All God’s Poems"
2 min
1552
Paisley Rekdal: "何日/What Day"
3 min
1553
Arthur Solway: "What Is Not"
2 min
1554
Maxwell Bodenheim: "Minna (IX)"
1 min
1555
Georgia Douglas Johnson: "Paradox"
2 min
1556
David Tomas Martinez: "Trap Music"
6 min
1557
Carol Moldaw: "Meditation in the Open-Air Garage"
2 min
1558
Li-Young Lee: "Big Clock"
5 min
1559
Victoria Chang: from "The Trees Witness Everyth...
3 min
1560
J. Hope Stein: "Dancing, before you were born"
2 min
1561
Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven: "Appalling Heart"
2 min
1562
Gerard Manley Hopkins: "Winter with the Gulf St...
2 min
1563
Alireza Roshan: from "The Book of Absence"
7 min
1564
Ruth Madievsky: "Fog"
3 min
1565
Shane McCrae: "In the Event Of"
1 min
1566
Peter Grandbois: "When your son abandons the la...
2 min
1567
Yolanda Wisher: "no more grandma poems"
3 min
1568
Bertrand N. O. Walker: "A Desert Memory"
3 min
1569
Mrs. Minot Carter: "Fancies"
2 min
1570
William Stobb: "Poem that Wanted to Be a Brueghel"
3 min
1571
Esther Belin: "(De)colonial Therapy"
3 min
1572
Denise Lajimodiere: "Tawkwaymenahnah"
2 min
1573
Kathy Engel: "It would be water"
3 min
1574
Robin Chapman: "The Door-to-Door Saleswoman"
3 min
1575
Lynn Riggs: "Rhythm of Rain"
2 min