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.
1751
Rosanna Warren: "Boletus"
3 min
1752
Linda Gregerson: "When Nothing But Tree"
5 min
1753
Major Jackson: "Let Me Begin Again"
4 min
1754
Lewis Grandison Alexander: "Japanese Hokku"
5 min
1755
Ariel Francisco: "Insomniami"
5 min
1756
Kaveh Akbar: "My Father’s Accent"
4 min
1757
Jeffrey Harrison: "The Little Book of Cheerful ...
2 min
1758
Dobby Gibson: "After Reading Kobayashi Issa’s T...
2 min
1759
Camille T. Dungy: "In her mostly white town, an...
3 min
1760
Didi Jackson: "Bobolink"
4 min
1761
William Stanley Braithwaite: "Near the End of A...
1 min
1762
Joseph Millar: "Venetian Siesta"
3 min
1763
Dorianne Laux: "I Never Wanted to Die"
2 min
1764
David St. John: "Overlooking the Cortile"
3 min
1765
Brian Sneeden: "Memory is Blood Soluble"
3 min
1766
Forrest Gander: "Pastoral"
3 min
1767
Carol Muske-Dukes: "Grief Dream"
2 min
1768
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Life and Death"
2 min
1769
André Naffis-Sahely: "The Other Side of Nowhere"
4 min
1770
Danusha Laméris: "Nothing Wants to Suffer"
4 min
1771
Iris Jamahl Dunkle: "House Empty Speaks a Loud ...
4 min
1772
Arthur Sze: "Rock Paper Scissors"
3 min
1773
Valencia Robin: "After Graduate School"
3 min
1774
Alicia Ostriker: "When Love"
2 min
1775
Rainer Maria Rilke: "Love Song"
2 min