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.

Books
1726
Guest Editor Interview: May Guest Editor Sumita...
20 min
1727
Leah Naomi Green: "Origin Story"
4 min
1728
Dean Rader: "I Never Knew I Loved Dean Rader"
6 min
1729
Kate Daniels: "Gertrude: In the Rooms"
5 min
1730
Rosanna Warren: "Boletus"
3 min
1731
Linda Gregerson: "When Nothing But Tree"
5 min
1732
Major Jackson: "Let Me Begin Again"
4 min
1733
Lewis Grandison Alexander: "Japanese Hokku"
5 min
1734
Ariel Francisco: "Insomniami"
5 min
1735
Kaveh Akbar: "My Father’s Accent"
4 min
1736
Jeffrey Harrison: "The Little Book of Cheerful ...
2 min
1737
Dobby Gibson: "After Reading Kobayashi Issa’s T...
2 min
1738
Camille T. Dungy: "In her mostly white town, an...
3 min
1739
Didi Jackson: "Bobolink"
4 min
1740
William Stanley Braithwaite: "Near the End of A...
1 min
1741
Joseph Millar: "Venetian Siesta"
3 min
1742
Dorianne Laux: "I Never Wanted to Die"
2 min
1743
David St. John: "Overlooking the Cortile"
3 min
1744
Brian Sneeden: "Memory is Blood Soluble"
3 min
1745
Forrest Gander: "Pastoral"
3 min
1746
Carol Muske-Dukes: "Grief Dream"
2 min
1747
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Life and Death"
2 min
1748
André Naffis-Sahely: "The Other Side of Nowhere"
4 min
1749
Danusha Laméris: "Nothing Wants to Suffer"
4 min
1750
Iris Jamahl Dunkle: "House Empty Speaks a Loud ...
4 min