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
1627
Jeffrey Harrison: "The Little Book of Cheerful ...
2 min
1628
Dobby Gibson: "After Reading Kobayashi Issa’s T...
2 min
1629
Camille T. Dungy: "In her mostly white town, an...
3 min
1630
Didi Jackson: "Bobolink"
4 min
1631
William Stanley Braithwaite: "Near the End of A...
1 min
1632
Joseph Millar: "Venetian Siesta"
3 min
1633
Dorianne Laux: "I Never Wanted to Die"
2 min
1634
David St. John: "Overlooking the Cortile"
3 min
1635
Brian Sneeden: "Memory is Blood Soluble"
3 min
1636
Forrest Gander: "Pastoral"
3 min
1637
Carol Muske-Dukes: "Grief Dream"
2 min
1638
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Life and Death"
2 min
1639
André Naffis-Sahely: "The Other Side of Nowhere"
4 min
1640
Danusha Laméris: "Nothing Wants to Suffer"
4 min
1641
Iris Jamahl Dunkle: "House Empty Speaks a Loud ...
4 min
1642
Arthur Sze: "Rock Paper Scissors"
3 min
1643
Valencia Robin: "After Graduate School"
3 min
1644
Alicia Ostriker: "When Love"
2 min
1645
Rainer Maria Rilke: "Love Song"
2 min
1646
Irvin W. Underhill: "Winter to Spring"
2 min
1647
Dunya Mikhail: "One More Love Poem"
2 min
1648
Lynne Thompson: "My Einsteinicity"
3 min
1649
Lupe Mendez: "La suavecita"
4 min
1650
Cynthia Dewi Oka: "The Roots Do a Live Cover of...
3 min