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
Dorianne Laux: "I Never Wanted to Die"
2 min
1802
David St. John: "Overlooking the Cortile"
3 min
1803
Brian Sneeden: "Memory is Blood Soluble"
3 min
1804
Forrest Gander: "Pastoral"
3 min
1805
Carol Muske-Dukes: "Grief Dream"
2 min
1806
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Life and Death"
2 min
1807
André Naffis-Sahely: "The Other Side of Nowhere"
4 min
1808
Danusha Laméris: "Nothing Wants to Suffer"
4 min
1809
Iris Jamahl Dunkle: "House Empty Speaks a Loud ...
4 min
1810
Arthur Sze: "Rock Paper Scissors"
3 min
1811
Valencia Robin: "After Graduate School"
3 min
1812
Alicia Ostriker: "When Love"
2 min
1813
Rainer Maria Rilke: "Love Song"
2 min
1814
Irvin W. Underhill: "Winter to Spring"
2 min
1815
Dunya Mikhail: "One More Love Poem"
2 min
1816
Lynne Thompson: "My Einsteinicity"
3 min
1817
Lupe Mendez: "La suavecita"
4 min
1818
Cynthia Dewi Oka: "The Roots Do a Live Cover of...
3 min
1819
Cyrus Cassells: "How Many Lives Have We Lived i...
3 min
1820
Effie Lee Newsome: "O Sea, That Knowest Thy Str...
2 min
1821
Ana Castillo: "A Amazônia está queimando"
5 min
1822
Aimee Nezhukumatathil: "Ode to Sitting in a Booth"
3 min
1823
Angela Peñaredondo: "to hold these contradictio...
4 min
1824
Sokunthary Svay: "I am the Apsara’s daughter"
2 min
1825
Natalie Diaz: "excerpts from 'Duned'"
11 min