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.

Books
2101
Didi Jackson: "Bobolink"
4 min
2102
William Stanley Braithwaite: "Near the End of A...
1 min
2103
Joseph Millar: "Venetian Siesta"
3 min
2104
Dorianne Laux: "I Never Wanted to Die"
2 min
2105
David St. John: "Overlooking the Cortile"
3 min
2106
Brian Sneeden: "Memory is Blood Soluble"
3 min
2107
Forrest Gander: "Pastoral"
3 min
2108
Carol Muske-Dukes: "Grief Dream"
2 min
2109
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Life and Death"
2 min
2110
André Naffis-Sahely: "The Other Side of Nowhere"
4 min
2111
Danusha Laméris: "Nothing Wants to Suffer"
4 min
2112
Iris Jamahl Dunkle: "House Empty Speaks a Loud ...
4 min
2113
Arthur Sze: "Rock Paper Scissors"
3 min
2114
Valencia Robin: "After Graduate School"
3 min
2115
Alicia Ostriker: "When Love"
2 min
2116
Rainer Maria Rilke: "Love Song"
2 min
2117
Irvin W. Underhill: "Winter to Spring"
2 min
2118
Dunya Mikhail: "One More Love Poem"
2 min
2119
Lynne Thompson: "My Einsteinicity"
3 min
2120
Lupe Mendez: "La suavecita"
4 min
2121
Cynthia Dewi Oka: "The Roots Do a Live Cover of...
3 min
2122
Cyrus Cassells: "How Many Lives Have We Lived i...
3 min
2123
Effie Lee Newsome: "O Sea, That Knowest Thy Str...
2 min
2124
Ana Castillo: "A Amazônia está queimando"
5 min
2125
Aimee Nezhukumatathil: "Ode to Sitting in a Booth"
3 min