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
1201
Joy Priest: "Looking for the Beautiful Things"
4 min
1202
Paige Lewis: "Logically, I Know the Circus"
2 min
1203
Andrés Cerpa: "The Vault"
2 min
1204
Jane Wong: "The Waiting"
3 min
1205
Yone Noguchi: "How Near to Fairyland"
2 min
1206
Jitō Tennō: "[Has Spring passed away?]"
1 min
1207
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Almost Buried"
2 min
1208
Diana Khoi Nguyen: "from Đổi Mới"
4 min
1209
Diane Seuss: "Ballad"
7 min
1210
Diana Marie Delgado: "Grandpa"
2 min
1211
Rick Barot: "Moving the Bones"
5 min
1212
Rabindranath Tagore: "Gitanjali 83"
1 min
1213
Brittney Corrigan: "Vanishing"
4 min
1214
Nicole Sealey: "‘Pages 1-4,’ an excerpt from T...
3 min
1215
Sara Eliza Johnson: "Parable of the Unclean Spi...
3 min
1216
Destiny O. Birdsong: "Bandwidth"
3 min
1217
Derrick Austin: "The Birthday Interviews"
3 min
1218
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "It’s Important I Rem...
4 min
1219
Guest Editor Interview: May Guest Editor Sumita...
20 min
1220
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Fire-Flowers"
2 min
1221
Leah Naomi Green: "Origin Story"
4 min
1222
Dean Rader: "I Never Knew I Loved Dean Rader"
6 min
1223
Kate Daniels: "Gertrude: In the Rooms"
5 min
1224
Rosanna Warren: "Boletus"
3 min
1225
Linda Gregerson: "When Nothing But Tree"
5 min