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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Kaveh Akbar: "My Father’s Accent"
4 min
1577
Jeffrey Harrison: "The Little Book of Cheerful ...
2 min
1578
Dobby Gibson: "After Reading Kobayashi Issa’s T...
2 min
1579
Camille T. Dungy: "In her mostly white town, an...
3 min
1580
Didi Jackson: "Bobolink"
4 min
1581
William Stanley Braithwaite: "Near the End of A...
1 min
1582
Joseph Millar: "Venetian Siesta"
3 min
1583
Dorianne Laux: "I Never Wanted to Die"
2 min
1584
David St. John: "Overlooking the Cortile"
3 min
1585
Brian Sneeden: "Memory is Blood Soluble"
3 min
1586
Forrest Gander: "Pastoral"
3 min
1587
Carol Muske-Dukes: "Grief Dream"
2 min
1588
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Life and Death"
2 min
1589
André Naffis-Sahely: "The Other Side of Nowhere"
4 min
1590
Danusha Laméris: "Nothing Wants to Suffer"
4 min
1591
Iris Jamahl Dunkle: "House Empty Speaks a Loud ...
4 min
1592
Arthur Sze: "Rock Paper Scissors"
3 min
1593
Valencia Robin: "After Graduate School"
3 min
1594
Alicia Ostriker: "When Love"
2 min
1595
Rainer Maria Rilke: "Love Song"
2 min
1596
Irvin W. Underhill: "Winter to Spring"
2 min
1597
Dunya Mikhail: "One More Love Poem"
2 min
1598
Lynne Thompson: "My Einsteinicity"
3 min
1599
Lupe Mendez: "La suavecita"
4 min
1600
Cynthia Dewi Oka: "The Roots Do a Live Cover of...
3 min