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
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Fire-Flowers"
2 min
1652
Guest Editor Interview: May Guest Editor Sumita...
20 min
1653
Leah Naomi Green: "Origin Story"
4 min
1654
Dean Rader: "I Never Knew I Loved Dean Rader"
6 min
1655
Kate Daniels: "Gertrude: In the Rooms"
5 min
1656
Rosanna Warren: "Boletus"
3 min
1657
Linda Gregerson: "When Nothing But Tree"
5 min
1658
Major Jackson: "Let Me Begin Again"
4 min
1659
Lewis Grandison Alexander: "Japanese Hokku"
5 min
1660
Ariel Francisco: "Insomniami"
5 min
1661
Kaveh Akbar: "My Father’s Accent"
4 min
1662
Jeffrey Harrison: "The Little Book of Cheerful ...
2 min
1663
Dobby Gibson: "After Reading Kobayashi Issa’s T...
2 min
1664
Camille T. Dungy: "In her mostly white town, an...
3 min
1665
Didi Jackson: "Bobolink"
4 min
1666
William Stanley Braithwaite: "Near the End of A...
1 min
1667
Joseph Millar: "Venetian Siesta"
3 min
1668
Dorianne Laux: "I Never Wanted to Die"
2 min
1669
David St. John: "Overlooking the Cortile"
3 min
1670
Brian Sneeden: "Memory is Blood Soluble"
3 min
1671
Forrest Gander: "Pastoral"
3 min
1672
Carol Muske-Dukes: "Grief Dream"
2 min
1673
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Life and Death"
2 min
1674
André Naffis-Sahely: "The Other Side of Nowhere"
4 min
1675
Danusha Laméris: "Nothing Wants to Suffer"
4 min