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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Rosanna Warren: "Boletus"
3 min
1552
Linda Gregerson: "When Nothing But Tree"
5 min
1553
Major Jackson: "Let Me Begin Again"
4 min
1554
Lewis Grandison Alexander: "Japanese Hokku"
5 min
1555
Ariel Francisco: "Insomniami"
5 min
1556
Kaveh Akbar: "My Father’s Accent"
4 min
1557
Jeffrey Harrison: "The Little Book of Cheerful ...
2 min
1558
Dobby Gibson: "After Reading Kobayashi Issa’s T...
2 min
1559
Camille T. Dungy: "In her mostly white town, an...
3 min
1560
Didi Jackson: "Bobolink"
4 min
1561
William Stanley Braithwaite: "Near the End of A...
1 min
1562
Joseph Millar: "Venetian Siesta"
3 min
1563
Dorianne Laux: "I Never Wanted to Die"
2 min
1564
David St. John: "Overlooking the Cortile"
3 min
1565
Brian Sneeden: "Memory is Blood Soluble"
3 min
1566
Forrest Gander: "Pastoral"
3 min
1567
Carol Muske-Dukes: "Grief Dream"
2 min
1568
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Life and Death"
2 min
1569
André Naffis-Sahely: "The Other Side of Nowhere"
4 min
1570
Danusha Laméris: "Nothing Wants to Suffer"
4 min
1571
Iris Jamahl Dunkle: "House Empty Speaks a Loud ...
4 min
1572
Arthur Sze: "Rock Paper Scissors"
3 min
1573
Valencia Robin: "After Graduate School"
3 min
1574
Alicia Ostriker: "When Love"
2 min
1575
Rainer Maria Rilke: "Love Song"
2 min