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
1176
Sarojini Naidu: "June Sunset"
3 min
1177
Alexander Posey: "Seashells"
1 min
1178
Jon-Michael Frank: "[there must be one thing yo...
2 min
1179
Hazem Fahmy: "Interrogation of an Alternate Tim...
3 min
1180
Hanae Jonas: "Pastoral"
3 min
1181
Gabrielle Octavia Rucker: "I Don’t Say Goodbye,...
3 min
1182
Deborah Paredez: "Perseverance"
3 min
1183
Louise Bogan: "Knowledge"
1 min
1184
Eloise Bibb Thompson: "Ode to the Sun"
2 min
1185
danilo machado: "(telling)"
4 min
1186
Cyrée Jarelle Johnson: "Last Best Niche"
3 min
1187
Camille Rankine: "Ways to Disappear"
2 min
1188
Ayesha Raees: "All Along, I Laid, Halved"
4 min
1189
Guest Editor Interview: June Guest Editor Anaïs...
19 min
1190
Chen Chen: "i love you to the moon &"
2 min
1191
Li Po: "Looking at the Moon After Rain"
2 min
1192
Toru Dutt: "Sonnet—Baugmaree"
2 min
1193
Rachel Mennies: "September 23, 2016"
4 min
1194
Luther Hughes: "When Struck by Night"
3 min
1195
Donika Kelly: "In the Beginning"
2 min
1196
Terrance Hayes: "Muscular Fantasy"
4 min
1197
Paul Tran: "Hypothesis"
3 min
1198
Wang Wei: "The Blue-Green Stream"
2 min
1199
Queen Liliʻuokalani: "Kumulipo"
2 min
1200
Analicia Sotelo: "Grace Among the Ferns"
3 min