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
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Almost Buried"
2 min
1627
Diana Khoi Nguyen: "from Đổi Mới"
4 min
1628
Diane Seuss: "Ballad"
7 min
1629
Diana Marie Delgado: "Grandpa"
2 min
1630
Rick Barot: "Moving the Bones"
5 min
1631
Rabindranath Tagore: "Gitanjali 83"
1 min
1632
Brittney Corrigan: "Vanishing"
4 min
1633
Nicole Sealey: "‘Pages 1-4,’ an excerpt from T...
3 min
1634
Sara Eliza Johnson: "Parable of the Unclean Spi...
3 min
1635
Destiny O. Birdsong: "Bandwidth"
3 min
1636
Derrick Austin: "The Birthday Interviews"
3 min
1637
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "It’s Important I Rem...
4 min
1638
Guest Editor Interview: May Guest Editor Sumita...
20 min
1639
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Fire-Flowers"
2 min
1640
Leah Naomi Green: "Origin Story"
4 min
1641
Dean Rader: "I Never Knew I Loved Dean Rader"
6 min
1642
Kate Daniels: "Gertrude: In the Rooms"
5 min
1643
Rosanna Warren: "Boletus"
3 min
1644
Linda Gregerson: "When Nothing But Tree"
5 min
1645
Major Jackson: "Let Me Begin Again"
4 min
1646
Lewis Grandison Alexander: "Japanese Hokku"
5 min
1647
Ariel Francisco: "Insomniami"
5 min
1648
Kaveh Akbar: "My Father’s Accent"
4 min
1649
Jeffrey Harrison: "The Little Book of Cheerful ...
2 min
1650
Dobby Gibson: "After Reading Kobayashi Issa’s T...
2 min