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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Leah Naomi Green: "Origin Story"
4 min
1652
Dean Rader: "I Never Knew I Loved Dean Rader"
6 min
1653
Kate Daniels: "Gertrude: In the Rooms"
5 min
1654
Rosanna Warren: "Boletus"
3 min
1655
Linda Gregerson: "When Nothing But Tree"
5 min
1656
Major Jackson: "Let Me Begin Again"
4 min
1657
Lewis Grandison Alexander: "Japanese Hokku"
5 min
1658
Ariel Francisco: "Insomniami"
5 min
1659
Kaveh Akbar: "My Father’s Accent"
4 min
1660
Jeffrey Harrison: "The Little Book of Cheerful ...
2 min
1661
Dobby Gibson: "After Reading Kobayashi Issa’s T...
2 min
1662
Camille T. Dungy: "In her mostly white town, an...
3 min
1663
Didi Jackson: "Bobolink"
4 min
1664
William Stanley Braithwaite: "Near the End of A...
1 min
1665
Joseph Millar: "Venetian Siesta"
3 min
1666
Dorianne Laux: "I Never Wanted to Die"
2 min
1667
David St. John: "Overlooking the Cortile"
3 min
1668
Brian Sneeden: "Memory is Blood Soluble"
3 min
1669
Forrest Gander: "Pastoral"
3 min
1670
Carol Muske-Dukes: "Grief Dream"
2 min
1671
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Life and Death"
2 min
1672
André Naffis-Sahely: "The Other Side of Nowhere"
4 min
1673
Danusha Laméris: "Nothing Wants to Suffer"
4 min
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Iris Jamahl Dunkle: "House Empty Speaks a Loud ...
4 min
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Arthur Sze: "Rock Paper Scissors"
3 min