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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Camille T. Dungy: "In her mostly white town, an...
3 min
1652
Didi Jackson: "Bobolink"
4 min
1653
William Stanley Braithwaite: "Near the End of A...
1 min
1654
Joseph Millar: "Venetian Siesta"
3 min
1655
Dorianne Laux: "I Never Wanted to Die"
2 min
1656
David St. John: "Overlooking the Cortile"
3 min
1657
Brian Sneeden: "Memory is Blood Soluble"
3 min
1658
Forrest Gander: "Pastoral"
3 min
1659
Carol Muske-Dukes: "Grief Dream"
2 min
1660
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Life and Death"
2 min
1661
André Naffis-Sahely: "The Other Side of Nowhere"
4 min
1662
Danusha Laméris: "Nothing Wants to Suffer"
4 min
1663
Iris Jamahl Dunkle: "House Empty Speaks a Loud ...
4 min
1664
Arthur Sze: "Rock Paper Scissors"
3 min
1665
Valencia Robin: "After Graduate School"
3 min
1666
Alicia Ostriker: "When Love"
2 min
1667
Rainer Maria Rilke: "Love Song"
2 min
1668
Irvin W. Underhill: "Winter to Spring"
2 min
1669
Dunya Mikhail: "One More Love Poem"
2 min
1670
Lynne Thompson: "My Einsteinicity"
3 min
1671
Lupe Mendez: "La suavecita"
4 min
1672
Cynthia Dewi Oka: "The Roots Do a Live Cover of...
3 min
1673
Cyrus Cassells: "How Many Lives Have We Lived i...
3 min
1674
Effie Lee Newsome: "O Sea, That Knowest Thy Str...
2 min
1675
Ana Castillo: "A Amazônia está queimando"
5 min