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 Genevieve Shubeck. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.
1701
Destiny O. Birdsong: "Bandwidth"
3 min
1702
Derrick Austin: "The Birthday Interviews"
3 min
1703
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "It’s Important I Rem...
4 min
1704
Guest Editor Interview: May Guest Editor Sumita...
20 min
1705
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Fire-Flowers"
2 min
1706
Leah Naomi Green: "Origin Story"
4 min
1707
Dean Rader: "I Never Knew I Loved Dean Rader"
6 min
1708
Kate Daniels: "Gertrude: In the Rooms"
5 min
1709
Rosanna Warren: "Boletus"
3 min
1710
Linda Gregerson: "When Nothing But Tree"
5 min
1711
Major Jackson: "Let Me Begin Again"
4 min
1712
Lewis Grandison Alexander: "Japanese Hokku"
5 min
1713
Ariel Francisco: "Insomniami"
5 min
1714
Kaveh Akbar: "My Father’s Accent"
4 min
1715
Jeffrey Harrison: "The Little Book of Cheerful ...
2 min
1716
Dobby Gibson: "After Reading Kobayashi Issa’s T...
2 min
1717
Camille T. Dungy: "In her mostly white town, an...
3 min
1718
Didi Jackson: "Bobolink"
4 min
1719
William Stanley Braithwaite: "Near the End of A...
1 min
1720
Joseph Millar: "Venetian Siesta"
3 min
1721
Dorianne Laux: "I Never Wanted to Die"
2 min
1722
David St. John: "Overlooking the Cortile"
3 min
1723
Brian Sneeden: "Memory is Blood Soluble"
3 min
1724
Forrest Gander: "Pastoral"
3 min
1725
Carol Muske-Dukes: "Grief Dream"
2 min