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
Destiny O. Birdsong: "Bandwidth"
3 min
1877
Derrick Austin: "The Birthday Interviews"
3 min
1878
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "It’s Important I Rem...
4 min
1879
Guest Editor Interview: May Guest Editor Sumita...
20 min
1880
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Fire-Flowers"
2 min
1881
Leah Naomi Green: "Origin Story"
4 min
1882
Dean Rader: "I Never Knew I Loved Dean Rader"
6 min
1883
Kate Daniels: "Gertrude: In the Rooms"
5 min
1884
Rosanna Warren: "Boletus"
3 min
1885
Linda Gregerson: "When Nothing But Tree"
5 min
1886
Major Jackson: "Let Me Begin Again"
4 min
1887
Lewis Grandison Alexander: "Japanese Hokku"
5 min
1888
Ariel Francisco: "Insomniami"
5 min
1889
Kaveh Akbar: "My Father’s Accent"
4 min
1890
Jeffrey Harrison: "The Little Book of Cheerful ...
2 min
1891
Dobby Gibson: "After Reading Kobayashi Issa’s T...
2 min
1892
Camille T. Dungy: "In her mostly white town, an...
3 min
1893
Didi Jackson: "Bobolink"
4 min
1894
William Stanley Braithwaite: "Near the End of A...
1 min
1895
Joseph Millar: "Venetian Siesta"
3 min
1896
Dorianne Laux: "I Never Wanted to Die"
2 min
1897
David St. John: "Overlooking the Cortile"
3 min
1898
Brian Sneeden: "Memory is Blood Soluble"
3 min
1899
Forrest Gander: "Pastoral"
3 min
1900
Carol Muske-Dukes: "Grief Dream"
2 min