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.
1701
Ariel Francisco: "Insomniami"
5 min
1702
Kaveh Akbar: "My Father’s Accent"
4 min
1703
Jeffrey Harrison: "The Little Book of Cheerful ...
2 min
1704
Dobby Gibson: "After Reading Kobayashi Issa’s T...
2 min
1705
Camille T. Dungy: "In her mostly white town, an...
3 min
1706
Didi Jackson: "Bobolink"
4 min
1707
William Stanley Braithwaite: "Near the End of A...
1 min
1708
Joseph Millar: "Venetian Siesta"
3 min
1709
Dorianne Laux: "I Never Wanted to Die"
2 min
1710
David St. John: "Overlooking the Cortile"
3 min
1711
Brian Sneeden: "Memory is Blood Soluble"
3 min
1712
Forrest Gander: "Pastoral"
3 min
1713
Carol Muske-Dukes: "Grief Dream"
2 min
1714
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Life and Death"
2 min
1715
André Naffis-Sahely: "The Other Side of Nowhere"
4 min
1716
Danusha Laméris: "Nothing Wants to Suffer"
4 min
1717
Iris Jamahl Dunkle: "House Empty Speaks a Loud ...
4 min
1718
Arthur Sze: "Rock Paper Scissors"
3 min
1719
Valencia Robin: "After Graduate School"
3 min
1720
Alicia Ostriker: "When Love"
2 min
1721
Rainer Maria Rilke: "Love Song"
2 min
1722
Irvin W. Underhill: "Winter to Spring"
2 min
1723
Dunya Mikhail: "One More Love Poem"
2 min
1724
Lynne Thompson: "My Einsteinicity"
3 min
1725
Lupe Mendez: "La suavecita"
4 min