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
Sarojini Naidu: "June Sunset"
3 min
1427
Alexander Posey: "Seashells"
1 min
1428
Jon-Michael Frank: "[there must be one thing yo...
2 min
1429
Hazem Fahmy: "Interrogation of an Alternate Tim...
3 min
1430
Hanae Jonas: "Pastoral"
3 min
1431
Gabrielle Octavia Rucker: "I Don’t Say Goodbye,...
3 min
1432
Deborah Paredez: "Perseverance"
3 min
1433
Louise Bogan: "Knowledge"
1 min
1434
Eloise Bibb Thompson: "Ode to the Sun"
2 min
1435
danilo machado: "(telling)"
4 min
1436
Cyrée Jarelle Johnson: "Last Best Niche"
3 min
1437
Camille Rankine: "Ways to Disappear"
2 min
1438
Ayesha Raees: "All Along, I Laid, Halved"
4 min
1439
Guest Editor Interview: June Guest Editor Anaïs...
19 min
1440
Chen Chen: "i love you to the moon &"
2 min
1441
Li Po: "Looking at the Moon After Rain"
2 min
1442
Toru Dutt: "Sonnet—Baugmaree"
2 min
1443
Rachel Mennies: "September 23, 2016"
4 min
1444
Luther Hughes: "When Struck by Night"
3 min
1445
Donika Kelly: "In the Beginning"
2 min
1446
Terrance Hayes: "Muscular Fantasy"
4 min
1447
Paul Tran: "Hypothesis"
3 min
1448
Wang Wei: "The Blue-Green Stream"
2 min
1449
Queen Liliʻuokalani: "Kumulipo"
2 min
1450
Analicia Sotelo: "Grace Among the Ferns"
3 min