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.
1826
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "It’s Important I Rem...
4 min
1827
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Fire-Flowers"
2 min
1828
Guest Editor Interview: May Guest Editor Sumita...
20 min
1829
Leah Naomi Green: "Origin Story"
4 min
1830
Dean Rader: "I Never Knew I Loved Dean Rader"
6 min
1831
Kate Daniels: "Gertrude: In the Rooms"
5 min
1832
Rosanna Warren: "Boletus"
3 min
1833
Linda Gregerson: "When Nothing But Tree"
5 min
1834
Major Jackson: "Let Me Begin Again"
4 min
1835
Lewis Grandison Alexander: "Japanese Hokku"
5 min
1836
Ariel Francisco: "Insomniami"
5 min
1837
Kaveh Akbar: "My Father’s Accent"
4 min
1838
Jeffrey Harrison: "The Little Book of Cheerful ...
2 min
1839
Dobby Gibson: "After Reading Kobayashi Issa’s T...
2 min
1840
Camille T. Dungy: "In her mostly white town, an...
3 min
1841
Didi Jackson: "Bobolink"
4 min
1842
William Stanley Braithwaite: "Near the End of A...
1 min
1843
Joseph Millar: "Venetian Siesta"
3 min
1844
Dorianne Laux: "I Never Wanted to Die"
2 min
1845
David St. John: "Overlooking the Cortile"
3 min
1846
Brian Sneeden: "Memory is Blood Soluble"
3 min
1847
Forrest Gander: "Pastoral"
3 min
1848
Carol Muske-Dukes: "Grief Dream"
2 min
1849
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Life and Death"
2 min
1850
André Naffis-Sahely: "The Other Side of Nowhere"
4 min