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
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Almost Buried"
2 min
1827
Diana Khoi Nguyen: "from Đổi Mới"
4 min
1828
Diane Seuss: "Ballad"
7 min
1829
Diana Marie Delgado: "Grandpa"
2 min
1830
Rick Barot: "Moving the Bones"
5 min
1831
Rabindranath Tagore: "Gitanjali 83"
1 min
1832
Brittney Corrigan: "Vanishing"
4 min
1833
Nicole Sealey: "‘Pages 1-4,’ an excerpt from T...
3 min
1834
Sara Eliza Johnson: "Parable of the Unclean Spi...
3 min
1835
Destiny O. Birdsong: "Bandwidth"
3 min
1836
Derrick Austin: "The Birthday Interviews"
3 min
1837
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "It’s Important I Rem...
4 min
1838
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Fire-Flowers"
2 min
1839
Guest Editor Interview: May Guest Editor Sumita...
20 min
1840
Leah Naomi Green: "Origin Story"
4 min
1841
Dean Rader: "I Never Knew I Loved Dean Rader"
6 min
1842
Kate Daniels: "Gertrude: In the Rooms"
5 min
1843
Rosanna Warren: "Boletus"
3 min
1844
Linda Gregerson: "When Nothing But Tree"
5 min
1845
Major Jackson: "Let Me Begin Again"
4 min
1846
Lewis Grandison Alexander: "Japanese Hokku"
5 min
1847
Ariel Francisco: "Insomniami"
5 min
1848
Kaveh Akbar: "My Father’s Accent"
4 min
1849
Jeffrey Harrison: "The Little Book of Cheerful ...
2 min
1850
Dobby Gibson: "After Reading Kobayashi Issa’s T...
2 min