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
1376
Camille Rankine: "Ways to Disappear"
2 min
1377
Ayesha Raees: "All Along, I Laid, Halved"
4 min
1378
Guest Editor Interview: June Guest Editor Anaïs...
19 min
1379
Chen Chen: "i love you to the moon &"
2 min
1380
Li Po: "Looking at the Moon After Rain"
2 min
1381
Toru Dutt: "Sonnet—Baugmaree"
2 min
1382
Rachel Mennies: "September 23, 2016"
4 min
1383
Luther Hughes: "When Struck by Night"
3 min
1384
Donika Kelly: "In the Beginning"
2 min
1385
Terrance Hayes: "Muscular Fantasy"
4 min
1386
Paul Tran: "Hypothesis"
3 min
1387
Wang Wei: "The Blue-Green Stream"
2 min
1388
Queen Liliʻuokalani: "Kumulipo"
2 min
1389
Analicia Sotelo: "Grace Among the Ferns"
3 min
1390
Joy Priest: "Looking for the Beautiful Things"
4 min
1391
Paige Lewis: "Logically, I Know the Circus"
2 min
1392
Andrés Cerpa: "The Vault"
2 min
1393
Jane Wong: "The Waiting"
3 min
1394
Yone Noguchi: "How Near to Fairyland"
2 min
1395
Jitō Tennō: "[Has Spring passed away?]"
1 min
1396
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Almost Buried"
2 min
1397
Diana Khoi Nguyen: "from Đổi Mới"
4 min
1398
Diane Seuss: "Ballad"
7 min
1399
Diana Marie Delgado: "Grandpa"
2 min
1400
Rick Barot: "Moving the Bones"
5 min