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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Emily Pauline Johnson: "Fire-Flowers"
2 min
1652
Leah Naomi Green: "Origin Story"
4 min
1653
Dean Rader: "I Never Knew I Loved Dean Rader"
6 min
1654
Kate Daniels: "Gertrude: In the Rooms"
5 min
1655
Rosanna Warren: "Boletus"
3 min
1656
Linda Gregerson: "When Nothing But Tree"
5 min
1657
Major Jackson: "Let Me Begin Again"
4 min
1658
Lewis Grandison Alexander: "Japanese Hokku"
5 min
1659
Ariel Francisco: "Insomniami"
5 min
1660
Kaveh Akbar: "My Father’s Accent"
4 min
1661
Jeffrey Harrison: "The Little Book of Cheerful ...
2 min
1662
Dobby Gibson: "After Reading Kobayashi Issa’s T...
2 min
1663
Camille T. Dungy: "In her mostly white town, an...
3 min
1664
Didi Jackson: "Bobolink"
4 min
1665
William Stanley Braithwaite: "Near the End of A...
1 min
1666
Joseph Millar: "Venetian Siesta"
3 min
1667
Dorianne Laux: "I Never Wanted to Die"
2 min
1668
David St. John: "Overlooking the Cortile"
3 min
1669
Brian Sneeden: "Memory is Blood Soluble"
3 min
1670
Forrest Gander: "Pastoral"
3 min
1671
Carol Muske-Dukes: "Grief Dream"
2 min
1672
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Life and Death"
2 min
1673
André Naffis-Sahely: "The Other Side of Nowhere"
4 min
1674
Danusha Laméris: "Nothing Wants to Suffer"
4 min
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Iris Jamahl Dunkle: "House Empty Speaks a Loud ...
4 min