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
Jeffrey Harrison: "The Little Book of Cheerful ...
2 min
1877
Dobby Gibson: "After Reading Kobayashi Issa’s T...
2 min
1878
Camille T. Dungy: "In her mostly white town, an...
3 min
1879
Didi Jackson: "Bobolink"
4 min
1880
William Stanley Braithwaite: "Near the End of A...
1 min
1881
Joseph Millar: "Venetian Siesta"
3 min
1882
Dorianne Laux: "I Never Wanted to Die"
2 min
1883
David St. John: "Overlooking the Cortile"
3 min
1884
Brian Sneeden: "Memory is Blood Soluble"
3 min
1885
Forrest Gander: "Pastoral"
3 min
1886
Carol Muske-Dukes: "Grief Dream"
2 min
1887
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Life and Death"
2 min
1888
André Naffis-Sahely: "The Other Side of Nowhere"
4 min
1889
Danusha Laméris: "Nothing Wants to Suffer"
4 min
1890
Iris Jamahl Dunkle: "House Empty Speaks a Loud ...
4 min
1891
Arthur Sze: "Rock Paper Scissors"
3 min
1892
Valencia Robin: "After Graduate School"
3 min
1893
Alicia Ostriker: "When Love"
2 min
1894
Rainer Maria Rilke: "Love Song"
2 min
1895
Irvin W. Underhill: "Winter to Spring"
2 min
1896
Dunya Mikhail: "One More Love Poem"
2 min
1897
Lynne Thompson: "My Einsteinicity"
3 min
1898
Lupe Mendez: "La suavecita"
4 min
1899
Cynthia Dewi Oka: "The Roots Do a Live Cover of...
3 min
1900
Cyrus Cassells: "How Many Lives Have We Lived i...
3 min