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
Brian Sneeden: "Memory is Blood Soluble"
3 min
1627
Forrest Gander: "Pastoral"
3 min
1628
Carol Muske-Dukes: "Grief Dream"
2 min
1629
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Life and Death"
2 min
1630
André Naffis-Sahely: "The Other Side of Nowhere"
4 min
1631
Danusha Laméris: "Nothing Wants to Suffer"
4 min
1632
Iris Jamahl Dunkle: "House Empty Speaks a Loud ...
4 min
1633
Arthur Sze: "Rock Paper Scissors"
3 min
1634
Valencia Robin: "After Graduate School"
3 min
1635
Alicia Ostriker: "When Love"
2 min
1636
Rainer Maria Rilke: "Love Song"
2 min
1637
Irvin W. Underhill: "Winter to Spring"
2 min
1638
Dunya Mikhail: "One More Love Poem"
2 min
1639
Lynne Thompson: "My Einsteinicity"
3 min
1640
Lupe Mendez: "La suavecita"
4 min
1641
Cynthia Dewi Oka: "The Roots Do a Live Cover of...
3 min
1642
Cyrus Cassells: "How Many Lives Have We Lived i...
3 min
1643
Effie Lee Newsome: "O Sea, That Knowest Thy Str...
2 min
1644
Ana Castillo: "A Amazônia está queimando"
5 min
1645
Aimee Nezhukumatathil: "Ode to Sitting in a Booth"
3 min
1646
Angela Peñaredondo: "to hold these contradictio...
4 min
1647
Sokunthary Svay: "I am the Apsara’s daughter"
2 min
1648
Natalie Diaz: "excerpts from 'Duned'"
11 min
1649
Sandra Gustin: "Cause of Death"
5 min
1650
Ina Coolbrith: "After the Winter Rain"
2 min