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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Jeffrey Harrison: "The Little Book of Cheerful ...
2 min
1677
Dobby Gibson: "After Reading Kobayashi Issa’s T...
2 min
1678
Camille T. Dungy: "In her mostly white town, an...
3 min
1679
Didi Jackson: "Bobolink"
4 min
1680
William Stanley Braithwaite: "Near the End of A...
1 min
1681
Joseph Millar: "Venetian Siesta"
3 min
1682
Dorianne Laux: "I Never Wanted to Die"
2 min
1683
David St. John: "Overlooking the Cortile"
3 min
1684
Brian Sneeden: "Memory is Blood Soluble"
3 min
1685
Forrest Gander: "Pastoral"
3 min
1686
Carol Muske-Dukes: "Grief Dream"
2 min
1687
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Life and Death"
2 min
1688
André Naffis-Sahely: "The Other Side of Nowhere"
4 min
1689
Danusha Laméris: "Nothing Wants to Suffer"
4 min
1690
Iris Jamahl Dunkle: "House Empty Speaks a Loud ...
4 min
1691
Arthur Sze: "Rock Paper Scissors"
3 min
1692
Valencia Robin: "After Graduate School"
3 min
1693
Alicia Ostriker: "When Love"
2 min
1694
Rainer Maria Rilke: "Love Song"
2 min
1695
Irvin W. Underhill: "Winter to Spring"
2 min
1696
Dunya Mikhail: "One More Love Poem"
2 min
1697
Lynne Thompson: "My Einsteinicity"
3 min
1698
Lupe Mendez: "La suavecita"
4 min
1699
Cynthia Dewi Oka: "The Roots Do a Live Cover of...
3 min
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Cyrus Cassells: "How Many Lives Have We Lived i...
3 min