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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 Thea Matthews. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.
Linda Gregerson: "When Nothing But Tree"
Recorded by Linda Gregerson for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on April 27, 2021. www.poets.org
06:0527/04/2021
Major Jackson: "Let Me Begin Again"
Recorded by Major Jackson for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on April 26, 2021. www.poets.org
04:4526/04/2021
Lewis Grandison Alexander: "Japanese Hokku"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on April 25, 2021. www.poets.org
05:5525/04/2021
Ariel Francisco: "Insomniami"
Recorded by Ariel Francisco for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on April 24, 2021. www.poets.org
05:5324/04/2021
Kaveh Akbar: "My Father’s Accent"
Recorded by Kaveh Akbar for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on April 23, 2021. www.poets.org
04:4423/04/2021
Jeffrey Harrison: "The Little Book of Cheerful Thoughts"
Recorded by Jeffrey Harrison for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on April 22, 2021. www.poets.org
03:2922/04/2021
Dobby Gibson: "After Reading Kobayashi Issa’s The Spring of My Life On My 49th Birthday"
Recorded by Dobby Gibson for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on April 21, 2021. www.poets.org
03:1821/04/2021
Camille T. Dungy: "In her mostly white town, an hour from Rocky Mountain National Park, a black poet considers centuries of protests against racialized violence"
Recorded by Camille T. Dungy for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on April 20, 2021. www.poets.org
03:3220/04/2021
Didi Jackson: "Bobolink"
Recorded by Didi Jackson for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on April 19, 2021. www.poets.org
04:4319/04/2021
William Stanley Braithwaite: "Near the End of April"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on April 18, 2021. www.poets.org
02:2818/04/2021
Joseph Millar: "Venetian Siesta"
Recorded by Joseph Millar for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on April 17, 2021. www.poets.org
04:0117/04/2021
Dorianne Laux: "I Never Wanted to Die"
Recorded by Dorianne Laux for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on April 16, 2021. www.poets.org
03:2816/04/2021
David St. John: "Overlooking the Cortile"
Recorded by David St. John for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on April 15, 2021. www.poets.org
03:5015/04/2021
Brian Sneeden: "Memory is Blood Soluble"
Recorded by Brian Sneeden for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on April 14, 2021. www.poets.org
03:4814/04/2021
Forrest Gander: "Pastoral"
Recorded by Forrest Gander for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on April 13, 2021. www.poets.org
03:4713/04/2021
Carol Muske-Dukes: "Grief Dream"
Recorded by Carol Muske-Dukes for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on April 12, 2021. www.poets.org
03:1012/04/2021
Carrie Williams Clifford: "Life and Death"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on April 11, 2021. www.poets.org
02:5711/04/2021
André Naffis-Sahely: "The Other Side of Nowhere"
Recorded by André Naffis-Sahely for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on April 10, 2021. www.poets.org
05:1410/04/2021
Danusha Laméris: "Nothing Wants to Suffer"
Recorded by Danusha Laméris for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on April 9, 2021. www.poets.org
04:3109/04/2021
Iris Jamahl Dunkle: "House Empty Speaks a Loud Truth, 2018"
Recorded by Iris Jamahl Dunkle for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on April 8, 2021. www.poets.org
04:3608/04/2021
Arthur Sze: "Rock Paper Scissors"
Recorded by Arthur Sze for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on April 7, 2021. www.poets.org
03:4507/04/2021
Valencia Robin: "After Graduate School"
Recorded by Valencia Robin for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on April 6, 2021. www.poets.org
04:1106/04/2021
Alicia Ostriker: "When Love"
Recorded by Alicia Ostriker for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on April 5, 2021. www.poets.org
03:0605/04/2021
Rainer Maria Rilke: "Love Song"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on April 4, 2021. www.poets.org
02:3104/04/2021
Irvin W. Underhill: "Winter to Spring"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on April 3, 2021. www.poets.org
03:1203/04/2021
Dunya Mikhail: "One More Love Poem"
Recorded by Dunya Mikhail for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on April 2, 2021. www.poets.org
03:0902/04/2021
Lynne Thompson: "My Einsteinicity"
Recorded by Lynne Thompson for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on April 1, 2021. www.poets.org
04:1901/04/2021
Lupe Mendez: "La suavecita"
Recorded by Lupe Mendez for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on March 31, 2021. www.poets.org
05:0931/03/2021
Cynthia Dewi Oka: "The Roots Do a Live Cover of Mayfield’s 'Move On Up'"
Recorded by Cynthia Dewi Oka for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on March 30, 2021. www.poets.org
04:2430/03/2021
Cyrus Cassells: "How Many Lives Have We Lived in Paris?"
Recorded by Cyrus Cassells for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on March 29, 2021. www.poets.org
03:5229/03/2021
Effie Lee Newsome: "O Sea, That Knowest Thy Strength"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on March 28, 2021. www.poets.org
03:0428/03/2021
Ana Castillo: "A Amazônia está queimando"
Recorded by Ana Castillo for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on March 27, 2021. www.poets.org
06:0127/03/2021
Aimee Nezhukumatathil: "Ode to Sitting in a Booth"
Recorded by Aimee Nezhukumatathil for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on March 26, 2021. www.poets.org
03:3226/03/2021
Angela Peñaredondo: "to hold these contradictions in kinship"
Recorded by Angela Peñaredondo for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on March 25, 2021. www.poets.org
05:0425/03/2021
Sokunthary Svay: "I am the Apsara’s daughter"
Recorded by Sokunthary Svay for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on March 24, 2021. www.poets.org
03:1124/03/2021
Natalie Diaz: "excerpts from 'Duned'"
Recorded by Natalie Diaz for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on March 23, 2021. www.poets.org
11:3123/03/2021
Sandra Gustin: "Cause of Death"
Recorded by Sandra Gustin for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on March 22, 2021. www.poets.org
06:0222/03/2021
Ina Coolbrith: "After the Winter Rain"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on March 21, 2021. www.poets.org
02:5021/03/2021
Margaret Noodin: "Nimbawaadaan Akiing / I Dream a World"
Recorded by Margaret Noodin for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on March 20, 2021. www.poets.org
03:3620/03/2021
Luisa A. Igloria: "Custody"
Recorded by Luisa A. Igloria for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on March 19, 2021. www.poets.org
06:5219/03/2021
Don Mee Choi: "Berlin: 28.6.2019"
Recorded by Don Mee Choi for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on March 18, 2021. www.poets.org
06:2918/03/2021
Mariah Bosch: "Obituary Generator"
Recorded by Mariah Bosch for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on March 17, 2021. www.poets.org
03:5017/03/2021
Desiree C. Bailey: "Ex(ile)"
Recorded by Desiree C. Bailey for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on March 16, 2021. www.poets.org
05:1316/03/2021
Achy Obejas: "In Response to the Murder of Eleven Jews, Including a Ninety-Seven Year-Old Said to Be a Holocaust Survivor, Who Wasn’t"
Recorded by Achy Obejas for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on March 15, 2021. www.poets.org
07:3315/03/2021
Gwendolyn Bennett: "Wind"
Recorded by Academy of American Poets staff for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on March 14, 2021. www.poets.org
02:4314/03/2021
Jake Skeets: "Anthropocene: A Dictionary"
Recorded by Jake Skeets for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on March 13, 2021. www.poets.org
05:1313/03/2021
Alessandra Narváez Varela: "23 Reasons Why Mexicanos Can Still Be Found in a Walmart"
Recorded by Alessandra Narváez Varela for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on March 12, 2021. www.poets.org
06:2912/03/2021
Andrea Cote-Botero: "Dear Beth"
Recorded by Andrea Cote-Botero for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on March 11, 2021. www.poets.org
06:1411/03/2021
Albert Abonado: "Advice for Using Blood in a Poem"
Recorded by Albert Abonado for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on March 10, 2021. www.poets.org
04:3510/03/2021
Mahtem Shiferraw: "Blood and Bones"
Recorded by Mahtem Shiferraw for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on March 9, 2021. www.poets.org
08:0209/03/2021