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
1326
Kemi Alabi: "Voice Clear As"
2 min
1327
Kamelya Omayma Youssef: "In the ن of it all"
5 min
1328
Hao Guang Tse: "to give the thing a name that ...
1 min
1329
Sarojini Naidu: "June Sunset"
3 min
1330
Alexander Posey: "Seashells"
1 min
1331
Jon-Michael Frank: "[there must be one thing yo...
2 min
1332
Hazem Fahmy: "Interrogation of an Alternate Tim...
3 min
1333
Hanae Jonas: "Pastoral"
3 min
1334
Gabrielle Octavia Rucker: "I Don’t Say Goodbye,...
3 min
1335
Deborah Paredez: "Perseverance"
3 min
1336
Louise Bogan: "Knowledge"
1 min
1337
Eloise Bibb Thompson: "Ode to the Sun"
2 min
1338
danilo machado: "(telling)"
4 min
1339
Cyrée Jarelle Johnson: "Last Best Niche"
3 min
1340
Camille Rankine: "Ways to Disappear"
2 min
1341
Ayesha Raees: "All Along, I Laid, Halved"
4 min
1342
Guest Editor Interview: June Guest Editor Anaïs...
19 min
1343
Chen Chen: "i love you to the moon &"
2 min
1344
Li Po: "Looking at the Moon After Rain"
2 min
1345
Toru Dutt: "Sonnet—Baugmaree"
2 min
1346
Rachel Mennies: "September 23, 2016"
4 min
1347
Luther Hughes: "When Struck by Night"
3 min
1348
Donika Kelly: "In the Beginning"
2 min
1349
Terrance Hayes: "Muscular Fantasy"
4 min
1350
Paul Tran: "Hypothesis"
3 min