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
1577
Linda Gregerson: "When Nothing But Tree"
5 min
1578
Major Jackson: "Let Me Begin Again"
4 min
1579
Lewis Grandison Alexander: "Japanese Hokku"
5 min
1580
Ariel Francisco: "Insomniami"
5 min
1581
Kaveh Akbar: "My Father’s Accent"
4 min
1582
Jeffrey Harrison: "The Little Book of Cheerful ...
2 min
1583
Dobby Gibson: "After Reading Kobayashi Issa’s T...
2 min
1584
Camille T. Dungy: "In her mostly white town, an...
3 min
1585
Didi Jackson: "Bobolink"
4 min
1586
William Stanley Braithwaite: "Near the End of A...
1 min
1587
Joseph Millar: "Venetian Siesta"
3 min
1588
Dorianne Laux: "I Never Wanted to Die"
2 min
1589
David St. John: "Overlooking the Cortile"
3 min
1590
Brian Sneeden: "Memory is Blood Soluble"
3 min
1591
Forrest Gander: "Pastoral"
3 min
1592
Carol Muske-Dukes: "Grief Dream"
2 min
1593
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Life and Death"
2 min
1594
André Naffis-Sahely: "The Other Side of Nowhere"
4 min
1595
Danusha Laméris: "Nothing Wants to Suffer"
4 min
1596
Iris Jamahl Dunkle: "House Empty Speaks a Loud ...
4 min
1597
Arthur Sze: "Rock Paper Scissors"
3 min
1598
Valencia Robin: "After Graduate School"
3 min
1599
Alicia Ostriker: "When Love"
2 min
1600
Rainer Maria Rilke: "Love Song"
2 min