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
Destiny O. Birdsong: "Bandwidth"
3 min
1727
Derrick Austin: "The Birthday Interviews"
3 min
1728
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "It’s Important I Rem...
4 min
1729
Guest Editor Interview: May Guest Editor Sumita...
20 min
1730
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Fire-Flowers"
2 min
1731
Leah Naomi Green: "Origin Story"
4 min
1732
Dean Rader: "I Never Knew I Loved Dean Rader"
6 min
1733
Kate Daniels: "Gertrude: In the Rooms"
5 min
1734
Rosanna Warren: "Boletus"
3 min
1735
Linda Gregerson: "When Nothing But Tree"
5 min
1736
Major Jackson: "Let Me Begin Again"
4 min
1737
Lewis Grandison Alexander: "Japanese Hokku"
5 min
1738
Ariel Francisco: "Insomniami"
5 min
1739
Kaveh Akbar: "My Father’s Accent"
4 min
1740
Jeffrey Harrison: "The Little Book of Cheerful ...
2 min
1741
Dobby Gibson: "After Reading Kobayashi Issa’s T...
2 min
1742
Camille T. Dungy: "In her mostly white town, an...
3 min
1743
Didi Jackson: "Bobolink"
4 min
1744
William Stanley Braithwaite: "Near the End of A...
1 min
1745
Joseph Millar: "Venetian Siesta"
3 min
1746
Dorianne Laux: "I Never Wanted to Die"
2 min
1747
David St. John: "Overlooking the Cortile"
3 min
1748
Brian Sneeden: "Memory is Blood Soluble"
3 min
1749
Forrest Gander: "Pastoral"
3 min
1750
Carol Muske-Dukes: "Grief Dream"
2 min