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
Camille T. Dungy: "In her mostly white town, an...
3 min
1852
Didi Jackson: "Bobolink"
4 min
1853
William Stanley Braithwaite: "Near the End of A...
1 min
1854
Joseph Millar: "Venetian Siesta"
3 min
1855
Dorianne Laux: "I Never Wanted to Die"
2 min
1856
David St. John: "Overlooking the Cortile"
3 min
1857
Brian Sneeden: "Memory is Blood Soluble"
3 min
1858
Forrest Gander: "Pastoral"
3 min
1859
Carol Muske-Dukes: "Grief Dream"
2 min
1860
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Life and Death"
2 min
1861
André Naffis-Sahely: "The Other Side of Nowhere"
4 min
1862
Danusha Laméris: "Nothing Wants to Suffer"
4 min
1863
Iris Jamahl Dunkle: "House Empty Speaks a Loud ...
4 min
1864
Arthur Sze: "Rock Paper Scissors"
3 min
1865
Valencia Robin: "After Graduate School"
3 min
1866
Alicia Ostriker: "When Love"
2 min
1867
Rainer Maria Rilke: "Love Song"
2 min
1868
Irvin W. Underhill: "Winter to Spring"
2 min
1869
Dunya Mikhail: "One More Love Poem"
2 min
1870
Lynne Thompson: "My Einsteinicity"
3 min
1871
Lupe Mendez: "La suavecita"
4 min
1872
Cynthia Dewi Oka: "The Roots Do a Live Cover of...
3 min
1873
Cyrus Cassells: "How Many Lives Have We Lived i...
3 min
1874
Effie Lee Newsome: "O Sea, That Knowest Thy Str...
2 min
1875
Ana Castillo: "A Amazônia está queimando"
5 min