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.
1626
Destiny O. Birdsong: "Bandwidth"
3 min
1627
Derrick Austin: "The Birthday Interviews"
3 min
1628
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "It’s Important I Rem...
4 min
1629
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Fire-Flowers"
2 min
1630
Guest Editor Interview: May Guest Editor Sumita...
20 min
1631
Leah Naomi Green: "Origin Story"
4 min
1632
Dean Rader: "I Never Knew I Loved Dean Rader"
6 min
1633
Kate Daniels: "Gertrude: In the Rooms"
5 min
1634
Rosanna Warren: "Boletus"
3 min
1635
Linda Gregerson: "When Nothing But Tree"
5 min
1636
Major Jackson: "Let Me Begin Again"
4 min
1637
Lewis Grandison Alexander: "Japanese Hokku"
5 min
1638
Ariel Francisco: "Insomniami"
5 min
1639
Kaveh Akbar: "My Father’s Accent"
4 min
1640
Jeffrey Harrison: "The Little Book of Cheerful ...
2 min
1641
Dobby Gibson: "After Reading Kobayashi Issa’s T...
2 min
1642
Camille T. Dungy: "In her mostly white town, an...
3 min
1643
Didi Jackson: "Bobolink"
4 min
1644
William Stanley Braithwaite: "Near the End of A...
1 min
1645
Joseph Millar: "Venetian Siesta"
3 min
1646
Dorianne Laux: "I Never Wanted to Die"
2 min
1647
David St. John: "Overlooking the Cortile"
3 min
1648
Brian Sneeden: "Memory is Blood Soluble"
3 min
1649
Forrest Gander: "Pastoral"
3 min
1650
Carol Muske-Dukes: "Grief Dream"
2 min