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.
1651
Kate Daniels: "Gertrude: In the Rooms"
5 min
1652
Rosanna Warren: "Boletus"
3 min
1653
Linda Gregerson: "When Nothing But Tree"
5 min
1654
Major Jackson: "Let Me Begin Again"
4 min
1655
Lewis Grandison Alexander: "Japanese Hokku"
5 min
1656
Ariel Francisco: "Insomniami"
5 min
1657
Kaveh Akbar: "My Father’s Accent"
4 min
1658
Jeffrey Harrison: "The Little Book of Cheerful ...
2 min
1659
Dobby Gibson: "After Reading Kobayashi Issa’s T...
2 min
1660
Camille T. Dungy: "In her mostly white town, an...
3 min
1661
Didi Jackson: "Bobolink"
4 min
1662
William Stanley Braithwaite: "Near the End of A...
1 min
1663
Joseph Millar: "Venetian Siesta"
3 min
1664
Dorianne Laux: "I Never Wanted to Die"
2 min
1665
David St. John: "Overlooking the Cortile"
3 min
1666
Brian Sneeden: "Memory is Blood Soluble"
3 min
1667
Forrest Gander: "Pastoral"
3 min
1668
Carol Muske-Dukes: "Grief Dream"
2 min
1669
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Life and Death"
2 min
1670
André Naffis-Sahely: "The Other Side of Nowhere"
4 min
1671
Danusha Laméris: "Nothing Wants to Suffer"
4 min
1672
Iris Jamahl Dunkle: "House Empty Speaks a Loud ...
4 min
1673
Arthur Sze: "Rock Paper Scissors"
3 min
1674
Valencia Robin: "After Graduate School"
3 min
1675
Alicia Ostriker: "When Love"
2 min