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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Cortney Lamar Charleston: "It’s Important I Rem...
4 min
1627
Guest Editor Interview: May Guest Editor Sumita...
20 min
1628
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Fire-Flowers"
2 min
1629
Leah Naomi Green: "Origin Story"
4 min
1630
Dean Rader: "I Never Knew I Loved Dean Rader"
6 min
1631
Kate Daniels: "Gertrude: In the Rooms"
5 min
1632
Rosanna Warren: "Boletus"
3 min
1633
Linda Gregerson: "When Nothing But Tree"
5 min
1634
Major Jackson: "Let Me Begin Again"
4 min
1635
Lewis Grandison Alexander: "Japanese Hokku"
5 min
1636
Ariel Francisco: "Insomniami"
5 min
1637
Kaveh Akbar: "My Father’s Accent"
4 min
1638
Jeffrey Harrison: "The Little Book of Cheerful ...
2 min
1639
Dobby Gibson: "After Reading Kobayashi Issa’s T...
2 min
1640
Camille T. Dungy: "In her mostly white town, an...
3 min
1641
Didi Jackson: "Bobolink"
4 min
1642
William Stanley Braithwaite: "Near the End of A...
1 min
1643
Joseph Millar: "Venetian Siesta"
3 min
1644
Dorianne Laux: "I Never Wanted to Die"
2 min
1645
David St. John: "Overlooking the Cortile"
3 min
1646
Brian Sneeden: "Memory is Blood Soluble"
3 min
1647
Forrest Gander: "Pastoral"
3 min
1648
Carol Muske-Dukes: "Grief Dream"
2 min
1649
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Life and Death"
2 min
1650
André Naffis-Sahely: "The Other Side of Nowhere"
4 min