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
Dean Rader: "I Never Knew I Loved Dean Rader"
6 min
1702
Kate Daniels: "Gertrude: In the Rooms"
5 min
1703
Rosanna Warren: "Boletus"
3 min
1704
Linda Gregerson: "When Nothing But Tree"
5 min
1705
Major Jackson: "Let Me Begin Again"
4 min
1706
Lewis Grandison Alexander: "Japanese Hokku"
5 min
1707
Ariel Francisco: "Insomniami"
5 min
1708
Kaveh Akbar: "My Father’s Accent"
4 min
1709
Jeffrey Harrison: "The Little Book of Cheerful ...
2 min
1710
Dobby Gibson: "After Reading Kobayashi Issa’s T...
2 min
1711
Camille T. Dungy: "In her mostly white town, an...
3 min
1712
Didi Jackson: "Bobolink"
4 min
1713
William Stanley Braithwaite: "Near the End of A...
1 min
1714
Joseph Millar: "Venetian Siesta"
3 min
1715
Dorianne Laux: "I Never Wanted to Die"
2 min
1716
David St. John: "Overlooking the Cortile"
3 min
1717
Brian Sneeden: "Memory is Blood Soluble"
3 min
1718
Forrest Gander: "Pastoral"
3 min
1719
Carol Muske-Dukes: "Grief Dream"
2 min
1720
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Life and Death"
2 min
1721
André Naffis-Sahely: "The Other Side of Nowhere"
4 min
1722
Danusha Laméris: "Nothing Wants to Suffer"
4 min
1723
Iris Jamahl Dunkle: "House Empty Speaks a Loud ...
4 min
1724
Arthur Sze: "Rock Paper Scissors"
3 min
1725
Valencia Robin: "After Graduate School"
3 min