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
1251
Hazem Fahmy: "Interrogation of an Alternate Tim...
3 min
1252
Hanae Jonas: "Pastoral"
3 min
1253
Gabrielle Octavia Rucker: "I Don’t Say Goodbye,...
3 min
1254
Deborah Paredez: "Perseverance"
3 min
1255
Louise Bogan: "Knowledge"
1 min
1256
Eloise Bibb Thompson: "Ode to the Sun"
2 min
1257
danilo machado: "(telling)"
4 min
1258
Cyrée Jarelle Johnson: "Last Best Niche"
3 min
1259
Camille Rankine: "Ways to Disappear"
2 min
1260
Ayesha Raees: "All Along, I Laid, Halved"
4 min
1261
Guest Editor Interview: June Guest Editor Anaïs...
19 min
1262
Chen Chen: "i love you to the moon &"
2 min
1263
Li Po: "Looking at the Moon After Rain"
2 min
1264
Toru Dutt: "Sonnet—Baugmaree"
2 min
1265
Rachel Mennies: "September 23, 2016"
4 min
1266
Luther Hughes: "When Struck by Night"
3 min
1267
Donika Kelly: "In the Beginning"
2 min
1268
Terrance Hayes: "Muscular Fantasy"
4 min
1269
Paul Tran: "Hypothesis"
3 min
1270
Wang Wei: "The Blue-Green Stream"
2 min
1271
Queen Liliʻuokalani: "Kumulipo"
2 min
1272
Analicia Sotelo: "Grace Among the Ferns"
3 min
1273
Joy Priest: "Looking for the Beautiful Things"
4 min
1274
Paige Lewis: "Logically, I Know the Circus"
2 min
1275
Andrés Cerpa: "The Vault"
2 min