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
Destiny O. Birdsong: "Bandwidth"
3 min
1852
Derrick Austin: "The Birthday Interviews"
3 min
1853
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "It’s Important I Rem...
4 min
1854
Guest Editor Interview: May Guest Editor Sumita...
20 min
1855
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Fire-Flowers"
2 min
1856
Leah Naomi Green: "Origin Story"
4 min
1857
Dean Rader: "I Never Knew I Loved Dean Rader"
6 min
1858
Kate Daniels: "Gertrude: In the Rooms"
5 min
1859
Rosanna Warren: "Boletus"
3 min
1860
Linda Gregerson: "When Nothing But Tree"
5 min
1861
Major Jackson: "Let Me Begin Again"
4 min
1862
Lewis Grandison Alexander: "Japanese Hokku"
5 min
1863
Ariel Francisco: "Insomniami"
5 min
1864
Kaveh Akbar: "My Father’s Accent"
4 min
1865
Jeffrey Harrison: "The Little Book of Cheerful ...
2 min
1866
Dobby Gibson: "After Reading Kobayashi Issa’s T...
2 min
1867
Camille T. Dungy: "In her mostly white town, an...
3 min
1868
Didi Jackson: "Bobolink"
4 min
1869
William Stanley Braithwaite: "Near the End of A...
1 min
1870
Joseph Millar: "Venetian Siesta"
3 min
1871
Dorianne Laux: "I Never Wanted to Die"
2 min
1872
David St. John: "Overlooking the Cortile"
3 min
1873
Brian Sneeden: "Memory is Blood Soluble"
3 min
1874
Forrest Gander: "Pastoral"
3 min
1875
Carol Muske-Dukes: "Grief Dream"
2 min