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.

Books
1701
David St. John: "Overlooking the Cortile"
3 min
1702
Brian Sneeden: "Memory is Blood Soluble"
3 min
1703
Forrest Gander: "Pastoral"
3 min
1704
Carol Muske-Dukes: "Grief Dream"
2 min
1705
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Life and Death"
2 min
1706
André Naffis-Sahely: "The Other Side of Nowhere"
4 min
1707
Danusha Laméris: "Nothing Wants to Suffer"
4 min
1708
Iris Jamahl Dunkle: "House Empty Speaks a Loud ...
4 min
1709
Arthur Sze: "Rock Paper Scissors"
3 min
1710
Valencia Robin: "After Graduate School"
3 min
1711
Alicia Ostriker: "When Love"
2 min
1712
Rainer Maria Rilke: "Love Song"
2 min
1713
Irvin W. Underhill: "Winter to Spring"
2 min
1714
Dunya Mikhail: "One More Love Poem"
2 min
1715
Lynne Thompson: "My Einsteinicity"
3 min
1716
Lupe Mendez: "La suavecita"
4 min
1717
Cynthia Dewi Oka: "The Roots Do a Live Cover of...
3 min
1718
Cyrus Cassells: "How Many Lives Have We Lived i...
3 min
1719
Effie Lee Newsome: "O Sea, That Knowest Thy Str...
2 min
1720
Ana Castillo: "A Amazônia está queimando"
5 min
1721
Aimee Nezhukumatathil: "Ode to Sitting in a Booth"
3 min
1722
Angela Peñaredondo: "to hold these contradictio...
4 min
1723
Sokunthary Svay: "I am the Apsara’s daughter"
2 min
1724
Natalie Diaz: "excerpts from 'Duned'"
11 min
1725
Sandra Gustin: "Cause of Death"
5 min