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.
1776
Guest Editor Interview: May Guest Editor Sumita...
20 min
1777
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Fire-Flowers"
2 min
1778
Leah Naomi Green: "Origin Story"
4 min
1779
Dean Rader: "I Never Knew I Loved Dean Rader"
6 min
1780
Kate Daniels: "Gertrude: In the Rooms"
5 min
1781
Rosanna Warren: "Boletus"
3 min
1782
Linda Gregerson: "When Nothing But Tree"
5 min
1783
Major Jackson: "Let Me Begin Again"
4 min
1784
Lewis Grandison Alexander: "Japanese Hokku"
5 min
1785
Ariel Francisco: "Insomniami"
5 min
1786
Kaveh Akbar: "My Father’s Accent"
4 min
1787
Jeffrey Harrison: "The Little Book of Cheerful ...
2 min
1788
Dobby Gibson: "After Reading Kobayashi Issa’s T...
2 min
1789
Camille T. Dungy: "In her mostly white town, an...
3 min
1790
Didi Jackson: "Bobolink"
4 min
1791
William Stanley Braithwaite: "Near the End of A...
1 min
1792
Joseph Millar: "Venetian Siesta"
3 min
1793
Dorianne Laux: "I Never Wanted to Die"
2 min
1794
David St. John: "Overlooking the Cortile"
3 min
1795
Brian Sneeden: "Memory is Blood Soluble"
3 min
1796
Forrest Gander: "Pastoral"
3 min
1797
Carol Muske-Dukes: "Grief Dream"
2 min
1798
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Life and Death"
2 min
1799
André Naffis-Sahely: "The Other Side of Nowhere"
4 min
1800
Danusha Laméris: "Nothing Wants to Suffer"
4 min