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