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
1351
Wang Wei: "The Blue-Green Stream"
2 min
1352
Queen Liliʻuokalani: "Kumulipo"
2 min
1353
Analicia Sotelo: "Grace Among the Ferns"
3 min
1354
Joy Priest: "Looking for the Beautiful Things"
4 min
1355
Paige Lewis: "Logically, I Know the Circus"
2 min
1356
Andrés Cerpa: "The Vault"
2 min
1357
Jane Wong: "The Waiting"
3 min
1358
Yone Noguchi: "How Near to Fairyland"
2 min
1359
Jitō Tennō: "[Has Spring passed away?]"
1 min
1360
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Almost Buried"
2 min
1361
Diana Khoi Nguyen: "from Đổi Mới"
4 min
1362
Diane Seuss: "Ballad"
7 min
1363
Diana Marie Delgado: "Grandpa"
2 min
1364
Rick Barot: "Moving the Bones"
5 min
1365
Rabindranath Tagore: "Gitanjali 83"
1 min
1366
Brittney Corrigan: "Vanishing"
4 min
1367
Nicole Sealey: "‘Pages 1-4,’ an excerpt from T...
3 min
1368
Sara Eliza Johnson: "Parable of the Unclean Spi...
3 min
1369
Destiny O. Birdsong: "Bandwidth"
3 min
1370
Derrick Austin: "The Birthday Interviews"
3 min
1371
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "It’s Important I Rem...
4 min
1372
Guest Editor Interview: May Guest Editor Sumita...
20 min
1373
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Fire-Flowers"
2 min
1374
Leah Naomi Green: "Origin Story"
4 min
1375
Dean Rader: "I Never Knew I Loved Dean Rader"
6 min