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
1451
Kamelya Omayma Youssef: "In the ن of it all"
5 min
1452
Hao Guang Tse: "to give the thing a name that ...
1 min
1453
Sarojini Naidu: "June Sunset"
3 min
1454
Alexander Posey: "Seashells"
1 min
1455
Jon-Michael Frank: "[there must be one thing yo...
2 min
1456
Hazem Fahmy: "Interrogation of an Alternate Tim...
3 min
1457
Hanae Jonas: "Pastoral"
3 min
1458
Gabrielle Octavia Rucker: "I Don’t Say Goodbye,...
3 min
1459
Deborah Paredez: "Perseverance"
3 min
1460
Louise Bogan: "Knowledge"
1 min
1461
Eloise Bibb Thompson: "Ode to the Sun"
2 min
1462
danilo machado: "(telling)"
4 min
1463
Cyrée Jarelle Johnson: "Last Best Niche"
3 min
1464
Camille Rankine: "Ways to Disappear"
2 min
1465
Ayesha Raees: "All Along, I Laid, Halved"
4 min
1466
Guest Editor Interview: June Guest Editor Anaïs...
19 min
1467
Chen Chen: "i love you to the moon &"
2 min
1468
Li Po: "Looking at the Moon After Rain"
2 min
1469
Toru Dutt: "Sonnet—Baugmaree"
2 min
1470
Rachel Mennies: "September 23, 2016"
4 min
1471
Luther Hughes: "When Struck by Night"
3 min
1472
Donika Kelly: "In the Beginning"
2 min
1473
Terrance Hayes: "Muscular Fantasy"
4 min
1474
Paul Tran: "Hypothesis"
3 min
1475
Wang Wei: "The Blue-Green Stream"
2 min