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.
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Toru Dutt: "Sonnet—Baugmaree"
2 min
1477
Rachel Mennies: "September 23, 2016"
4 min
1478
Luther Hughes: "When Struck by Night"
3 min
1479
Donika Kelly: "In the Beginning"
2 min
1480
Terrance Hayes: "Muscular Fantasy"
4 min
1481
Paul Tran: "Hypothesis"
3 min
1482
Wang Wei: "The Blue-Green Stream"
2 min
1483
Queen Liliʻuokalani: "Kumulipo"
2 min
1484
Analicia Sotelo: "Grace Among the Ferns"
3 min
1485
Joy Priest: "Looking for the Beautiful Things"
4 min
1486
Paige Lewis: "Logically, I Know the Circus"
2 min
1487
Andrés Cerpa: "The Vault"
2 min
1488
Jane Wong: "The Waiting"
3 min
1489
Yone Noguchi: "How Near to Fairyland"
2 min
1490
Jitō Tennō: "[Has Spring passed away?]"
1 min
1491
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Almost Buried"
2 min
1492
Diana Khoi Nguyen: "from Đổi Mới"
4 min
1493
Diane Seuss: "Ballad"
7 min
1494
Diana Marie Delgado: "Grandpa"
2 min
1495
Rick Barot: "Moving the Bones"
5 min
1496
Rabindranath Tagore: "Gitanjali 83"
1 min
1497
Brittney Corrigan: "Vanishing"
4 min
1498
Nicole Sealey: "‘Pages 1-4,’ an excerpt from T...
3 min
1499
Sara Eliza Johnson: "Parable of the Unclean Spi...
3 min
1500
Destiny O. Birdsong: "Bandwidth"
3 min