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.
1876
Brian Sneeden: "Memory is Blood Soluble"
3 min
1877
Forrest Gander: "Pastoral"
3 min
1878
Carol Muske-Dukes: "Grief Dream"
2 min
1879
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Life and Death"
2 min
1880
André Naffis-Sahely: "The Other Side of Nowhere"
4 min
1881
Danusha Laméris: "Nothing Wants to Suffer"
4 min
1882
Iris Jamahl Dunkle: "House Empty Speaks a Loud ...
4 min
1883
Arthur Sze: "Rock Paper Scissors"
3 min
1884
Valencia Robin: "After Graduate School"
3 min
1885
Alicia Ostriker: "When Love"
2 min
1886
Rainer Maria Rilke: "Love Song"
2 min
1887
Irvin W. Underhill: "Winter to Spring"
2 min
1888
Dunya Mikhail: "One More Love Poem"
2 min
1889
Lynne Thompson: "My Einsteinicity"
3 min
1890
Lupe Mendez: "La suavecita"
4 min
1891
Cynthia Dewi Oka: "The Roots Do a Live Cover of...
3 min
1892
Cyrus Cassells: "How Many Lives Have We Lived i...
3 min
1893
Effie Lee Newsome: "O Sea, That Knowest Thy Str...
2 min
1894
Ana Castillo: "A Amazônia está queimando"
5 min
1895
Aimee Nezhukumatathil: "Ode to Sitting in a Booth"
3 min
1896
Angela Peñaredondo: "to hold these contradictio...
4 min
1897
Sokunthary Svay: "I am the Apsara’s daughter"
2 min
1898
Natalie Diaz: "excerpts from 'Duned'"
11 min
1899
Sandra Gustin: "Cause of Death"
5 min
1900
Ina Coolbrith: "After the Winter Rain"
2 min