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
1476
Hazem Fahmy: "Interrogation of an Alternate Tim...
3 min
1477
Hanae Jonas: "Pastoral"
3 min
1478
Gabrielle Octavia Rucker: "I Don’t Say Goodbye,...
3 min
1479
Deborah Paredez: "Perseverance"
3 min
1480
Louise Bogan: "Knowledge"
1 min
1481
Eloise Bibb Thompson: "Ode to the Sun"
2 min
1482
danilo machado: "(telling)"
4 min
1483
Cyrée Jarelle Johnson: "Last Best Niche"
3 min
1484
Camille Rankine: "Ways to Disappear"
2 min
1485
Ayesha Raees: "All Along, I Laid, Halved"
4 min
1486
Guest Editor Interview: June Guest Editor Anaïs...
19 min
1487
Chen Chen: "i love you to the moon &"
2 min
1488
Li Po: "Looking at the Moon After Rain"
2 min
1489
Toru Dutt: "Sonnet—Baugmaree"
2 min
1490
Rachel Mennies: "September 23, 2016"
4 min
1491
Luther Hughes: "When Struck by Night"
3 min
1492
Donika Kelly: "In the Beginning"
2 min
1493
Terrance Hayes: "Muscular Fantasy"
4 min
1494
Paul Tran: "Hypothesis"
3 min
1495
Wang Wei: "The Blue-Green Stream"
2 min
1496
Queen Liliʻuokalani: "Kumulipo"
2 min
1497
Analicia Sotelo: "Grace Among the Ferns"
3 min
1498
Joy Priest: "Looking for the Beautiful Things"
4 min
1499
Paige Lewis: "Logically, I Know the Circus"
2 min
1500
Andrés Cerpa: "The Vault"
2 min