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.
1851
Major Jackson: "Let Me Begin Again"
4 min
1852
Lewis Grandison Alexander: "Japanese Hokku"
5 min
1853
Ariel Francisco: "Insomniami"
5 min
1854
Kaveh Akbar: "My Father’s Accent"
4 min
1855
Jeffrey Harrison: "The Little Book of Cheerful ...
2 min
1856
Dobby Gibson: "After Reading Kobayashi Issa’s T...
2 min
1857
Camille T. Dungy: "In her mostly white town, an...
3 min
1858
Didi Jackson: "Bobolink"
4 min
1859
William Stanley Braithwaite: "Near the End of A...
1 min
1860
Joseph Millar: "Venetian Siesta"
3 min
1861
Dorianne Laux: "I Never Wanted to Die"
2 min
1862
David St. John: "Overlooking the Cortile"
3 min
1863
Brian Sneeden: "Memory is Blood Soluble"
3 min
1864
Forrest Gander: "Pastoral"
3 min
1865
Carol Muske-Dukes: "Grief Dream"
2 min
1866
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Life and Death"
2 min
1867
André Naffis-Sahely: "The Other Side of Nowhere"
4 min
1868
Danusha Laméris: "Nothing Wants to Suffer"
4 min
1869
Iris Jamahl Dunkle: "House Empty Speaks a Loud ...
4 min
1870
Arthur Sze: "Rock Paper Scissors"
3 min
1871
Valencia Robin: "After Graduate School"
3 min
1872
Alicia Ostriker: "When Love"
2 min
1873
Rainer Maria Rilke: "Love Song"
2 min
1874
Irvin W. Underhill: "Winter to Spring"
2 min
1875
Dunya Mikhail: "One More Love Poem"
2 min