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
1276
Jane Wong: "The Waiting"
3 min
1277
Yone Noguchi: "How Near to Fairyland"
2 min
1278
Jitō Tennō: "[Has Spring passed away?]"
1 min
1279
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Almost Buried"
2 min
1280
Diana Khoi Nguyen: "from Đổi Mới"
4 min
1281
Diane Seuss: "Ballad"
7 min
1282
Diana Marie Delgado: "Grandpa"
2 min
1283
Rick Barot: "Moving the Bones"
5 min
1284
Rabindranath Tagore: "Gitanjali 83"
1 min
1285
Brittney Corrigan: "Vanishing"
4 min
1286
Nicole Sealey: "‘Pages 1-4,’ an excerpt from T...
3 min
1287
Sara Eliza Johnson: "Parable of the Unclean Spi...
3 min
1288
Destiny O. Birdsong: "Bandwidth"
3 min
1289
Derrick Austin: "The Birthday Interviews"
3 min
1290
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "It’s Important I Rem...
4 min
1291
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Fire-Flowers"
2 min
1292
Guest Editor Interview: May Guest Editor Sumita...
20 min
1293
Leah Naomi Green: "Origin Story"
4 min
1294
Dean Rader: "I Never Knew I Loved Dean Rader"
6 min
1295
Kate Daniels: "Gertrude: In the Rooms"
5 min
1296
Rosanna Warren: "Boletus"
3 min
1297
Linda Gregerson: "When Nothing But Tree"
5 min
1298
Major Jackson: "Let Me Begin Again"
4 min
1299
Lewis Grandison Alexander: "Japanese Hokku"
5 min
1300
Ariel Francisco: "Insomniami"
5 min