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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Dean Rader: "I Never Knew I Loved Dean Rader"
6 min
1677
Kate Daniels: "Gertrude: In the Rooms"
5 min
1678
Rosanna Warren: "Boletus"
3 min
1679
Linda Gregerson: "When Nothing But Tree"
5 min
1680
Major Jackson: "Let Me Begin Again"
4 min
1681
Lewis Grandison Alexander: "Japanese Hokku"
5 min
1682
Ariel Francisco: "Insomniami"
5 min
1683
Kaveh Akbar: "My Father’s Accent"
4 min
1684
Jeffrey Harrison: "The Little Book of Cheerful ...
2 min
1685
Dobby Gibson: "After Reading Kobayashi Issa’s T...
2 min
1686
Camille T. Dungy: "In her mostly white town, an...
3 min
1687
Didi Jackson: "Bobolink"
4 min
1688
William Stanley Braithwaite: "Near the End of A...
1 min
1689
Joseph Millar: "Venetian Siesta"
3 min
1690
Dorianne Laux: "I Never Wanted to Die"
2 min
1691
David St. John: "Overlooking the Cortile"
3 min
1692
Brian Sneeden: "Memory is Blood Soluble"
3 min
1693
Forrest Gander: "Pastoral"
3 min
1694
Carol Muske-Dukes: "Grief Dream"
2 min
1695
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Life and Death"
2 min
1696
André Naffis-Sahely: "The Other Side of Nowhere"
4 min
1697
Danusha Laméris: "Nothing Wants to Suffer"
4 min
1698
Iris Jamahl Dunkle: "House Empty Speaks a Loud ...
4 min
1699
Arthur Sze: "Rock Paper Scissors"
3 min
1700
Valencia Robin: "After Graduate School"
3 min