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