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
LA Warman: "Who Hurt You"
4 min
1377
Kemi Alabi: "Voice Clear As"
2 min
1378
Kamelya Omayma Youssef: "In the ن of it all"
5 min
1379
Hao Guang Tse: "to give the thing a name that ...
1 min
1380
Sarojini Naidu: "June Sunset"
3 min
1381
Alexander Posey: "Seashells"
1 min
1382
Jon-Michael Frank: "[there must be one thing yo...
2 min
1383
Hazem Fahmy: "Interrogation of an Alternate Tim...
3 min
1384
Hanae Jonas: "Pastoral"
3 min
1385
Gabrielle Octavia Rucker: "I Don’t Say Goodbye,...
3 min
1386
Deborah Paredez: "Perseverance"
3 min
1387
Louise Bogan: "Knowledge"
1 min
1388
Eloise Bibb Thompson: "Ode to the Sun"
2 min
1389
danilo machado: "(telling)"
4 min
1390
Cyrée Jarelle Johnson: "Last Best Niche"
3 min
1391
Camille Rankine: "Ways to Disappear"
2 min
1392
Ayesha Raees: "All Along, I Laid, Halved"
4 min
1393
Guest Editor Interview: June Guest Editor Anaïs...
19 min
1394
Chen Chen: "i love you to the moon &"
2 min
1395
Li Po: "Looking at the Moon After Rain"
2 min
1396
Toru Dutt: "Sonnet—Baugmaree"
2 min
1397
Rachel Mennies: "September 23, 2016"
4 min
1398
Luther Hughes: "When Struck by Night"
3 min
1399
Donika Kelly: "In the Beginning"
2 min
1400
Terrance Hayes: "Muscular Fantasy"
4 min