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.
1801
Linda Gregerson: "When Nothing But Tree"
5 min
1802
Major Jackson: "Let Me Begin Again"
4 min
1803
Lewis Grandison Alexander: "Japanese Hokku"
5 min
1804
Ariel Francisco: "Insomniami"
5 min
1805
Kaveh Akbar: "My Father’s Accent"
4 min
1806
Jeffrey Harrison: "The Little Book of Cheerful ...
2 min
1807
Dobby Gibson: "After Reading Kobayashi Issa’s T...
2 min
1808
Camille T. Dungy: "In her mostly white town, an...
3 min
1809
Didi Jackson: "Bobolink"
4 min
1810
William Stanley Braithwaite: "Near the End of A...
1 min
1811
Joseph Millar: "Venetian Siesta"
3 min
1812
Dorianne Laux: "I Never Wanted to Die"
2 min
1813
David St. John: "Overlooking the Cortile"
3 min
1814
Brian Sneeden: "Memory is Blood Soluble"
3 min
1815
Forrest Gander: "Pastoral"
3 min
1816
Carol Muske-Dukes: "Grief Dream"
2 min
1817
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Life and Death"
2 min
1818
André Naffis-Sahely: "The Other Side of Nowhere"
4 min
1819
Danusha Laméris: "Nothing Wants to Suffer"
4 min
1820
Iris Jamahl Dunkle: "House Empty Speaks a Loud ...
4 min
1821
Arthur Sze: "Rock Paper Scissors"
3 min
1822
Valencia Robin: "After Graduate School"
3 min
1823
Alicia Ostriker: "When Love"
2 min
1824
Rainer Maria Rilke: "Love Song"
2 min
1825
Irvin W. Underhill: "Winter to Spring"
2 min