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.
1601
Lewis Grandison Alexander: "Japanese Hokku"
5 min
1602
Ariel Francisco: "Insomniami"
5 min
1603
Kaveh Akbar: "My Father’s Accent"
4 min
1604
Jeffrey Harrison: "The Little Book of Cheerful ...
2 min
1605
Dobby Gibson: "After Reading Kobayashi Issa’s T...
2 min
1606
Camille T. Dungy: "In her mostly white town, an...
3 min
1607
Didi Jackson: "Bobolink"
4 min
1608
William Stanley Braithwaite: "Near the End of A...
1 min
1609
Joseph Millar: "Venetian Siesta"
3 min
1610
Dorianne Laux: "I Never Wanted to Die"
2 min
1611
David St. John: "Overlooking the Cortile"
3 min
1612
Brian Sneeden: "Memory is Blood Soluble"
3 min
1613
Forrest Gander: "Pastoral"
3 min
1614
Carol Muske-Dukes: "Grief Dream"
2 min
1615
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Life and Death"
2 min
1616
André Naffis-Sahely: "The Other Side of Nowhere"
4 min
1617
Danusha Laméris: "Nothing Wants to Suffer"
4 min
1618
Iris Jamahl Dunkle: "House Empty Speaks a Loud ...
4 min
1619
Arthur Sze: "Rock Paper Scissors"
3 min
1620
Valencia Robin: "After Graduate School"
3 min
1621
Alicia Ostriker: "When Love"
2 min
1622
Rainer Maria Rilke: "Love Song"
2 min
1623
Irvin W. Underhill: "Winter to Spring"
2 min
1624
Dunya Mikhail: "One More Love Poem"
2 min
1625
Lynne Thompson: "My Einsteinicity"
3 min