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