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 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.

Books
1101
Louise Bogan: "Knowledge"
1 min
1102
Eloise Bibb Thompson: "Ode to the Sun"
2 min
1103
danilo machado: "(telling)"
4 min
1104
Cyrée Jarelle Johnson: "Last Best Niche"
3 min
1105
Camille Rankine: "Ways to Disappear"
2 min
1106
Ayesha Raees: "All Along, I Laid, Halved"
4 min
1107
Guest Editor Interview: June Guest Editor Anaïs...
19 min
1108
Chen Chen: "i love you to the moon &"
2 min
1109
Li Po: "Looking at the Moon After Rain"
2 min
1110
Toru Dutt: "Sonnet—Baugmaree"
2 min
1111
Rachel Mennies: "September 23, 2016"
4 min
1112
Luther Hughes: "When Struck by Night"
3 min
1113
Donika Kelly: "In the Beginning"
2 min
1114
Terrance Hayes: "Muscular Fantasy"
4 min
1115
Paul Tran: "Hypothesis"
3 min
1116
Wang Wei: "The Blue-Green Stream"
2 min
1117
Queen Liliʻuokalani: "Kumulipo"
2 min
1118
Analicia Sotelo: "Grace Among the Ferns"
3 min
1119
Joy Priest: "Looking for the Beautiful Things"
4 min
1120
Paige Lewis: "Logically, I Know the Circus"
2 min
1121
Andrés Cerpa: "The Vault"
2 min
1122
Jane Wong: "The Waiting"
3 min
1123
Yone Noguchi: "How Near to Fairyland"
2 min
1124
Jitō Tennō: "[Has Spring passed away?]"
1 min
1125
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Almost Buried"
2 min