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