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.

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