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.
1726
Lewis Grandison Alexander: "Japanese Hokku"
5 min
1727
Ariel Francisco: "Insomniami"
5 min
1728
Kaveh Akbar: "My Father’s Accent"
4 min
1729
Jeffrey Harrison: "The Little Book of Cheerful ...
2 min
1730
Dobby Gibson: "After Reading Kobayashi Issa’s T...
2 min
1731
Camille T. Dungy: "In her mostly white town, an...
3 min
1732
Didi Jackson: "Bobolink"
4 min
1733
William Stanley Braithwaite: "Near the End of A...
1 min
1734
Joseph Millar: "Venetian Siesta"
3 min
1735
Dorianne Laux: "I Never Wanted to Die"
2 min
1736
David St. John: "Overlooking the Cortile"
3 min
1737
Brian Sneeden: "Memory is Blood Soluble"
3 min
1738
Forrest Gander: "Pastoral"
3 min
1739
Carol Muske-Dukes: "Grief Dream"
2 min
1740
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Life and Death"
2 min
1741
André Naffis-Sahely: "The Other Side of Nowhere"
4 min
1742
Danusha Laméris: "Nothing Wants to Suffer"
4 min
1743
Iris Jamahl Dunkle: "House Empty Speaks a Loud ...
4 min
1744
Arthur Sze: "Rock Paper Scissors"
3 min
1745
Valencia Robin: "After Graduate School"
3 min
1746
Alicia Ostriker: "When Love"
2 min
1747
Rainer Maria Rilke: "Love Song"
2 min
1748
Irvin W. Underhill: "Winter to Spring"
2 min
1749
Dunya Mikhail: "One More Love Poem"
2 min
1750
Lynne Thompson: "My Einsteinicity"
3 min