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
1426
danilo machado: "(telling)"
4 min
1427
Cyrée Jarelle Johnson: "Last Best Niche"
3 min
1428
Camille Rankine: "Ways to Disappear"
2 min
1429
Ayesha Raees: "All Along, I Laid, Halved"
4 min
1430
Guest Editor Interview: June Guest Editor Anaïs...
19 min
1431
Chen Chen: "i love you to the moon &"
2 min
1432
Li Po: "Looking at the Moon After Rain"
2 min
1433
Toru Dutt: "Sonnet—Baugmaree"
2 min
1434
Rachel Mennies: "September 23, 2016"
4 min
1435
Luther Hughes: "When Struck by Night"
3 min
1436
Donika Kelly: "In the Beginning"
2 min
1437
Terrance Hayes: "Muscular Fantasy"
4 min
1438
Paul Tran: "Hypothesis"
3 min
1439
Wang Wei: "The Blue-Green Stream"
2 min
1440
Queen Liliʻuokalani: "Kumulipo"
2 min
1441
Analicia Sotelo: "Grace Among the Ferns"
3 min
1442
Joy Priest: "Looking for the Beautiful Things"
4 min
1443
Paige Lewis: "Logically, I Know the Circus"
2 min
1444
Andrés Cerpa: "The Vault"
2 min
1445
Jane Wong: "The Waiting"
3 min
1446
Yone Noguchi: "How Near to Fairyland"
2 min
1447
Jitō Tennō: "[Has Spring passed away?]"
1 min
1448
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Almost Buried"
2 min
1449
Diana Khoi Nguyen: "from Đổi Mới"
4 min
1450
Diane Seuss: "Ballad"
7 min