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.
1501
Jane Wong: "The Waiting"
3 min
1502
Yone Noguchi: "How Near to Fairyland"
2 min
1503
Jitō Tennō: "[Has Spring passed away?]"
1 min
1504
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Almost Buried"
2 min
1505
Diana Khoi Nguyen: "from Đổi Mới"
4 min
1506
Diane Seuss: "Ballad"
7 min
1507
Diana Marie Delgado: "Grandpa"
2 min
1508
Rick Barot: "Moving the Bones"
5 min
1509
Rabindranath Tagore: "Gitanjali 83"
1 min
1510
Brittney Corrigan: "Vanishing"
4 min
1511
Nicole Sealey: "‘Pages 1-4,’ an excerpt from T...
3 min
1512
Sara Eliza Johnson: "Parable of the Unclean Spi...
3 min
1513
Destiny O. Birdsong: "Bandwidth"
3 min
1514
Derrick Austin: "The Birthday Interviews"
3 min
1515
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "It’s Important I Rem...
4 min
1516
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Fire-Flowers"
2 min
1517
Guest Editor Interview: May Guest Editor Sumita...
20 min
1518
Leah Naomi Green: "Origin Story"
4 min
1519
Dean Rader: "I Never Knew I Loved Dean Rader"
6 min
1520
Kate Daniels: "Gertrude: In the Rooms"
5 min
1521
Rosanna Warren: "Boletus"
3 min
1522
Linda Gregerson: "When Nothing But Tree"
5 min
1523
Major Jackson: "Let Me Begin Again"
4 min
1524
Lewis Grandison Alexander: "Japanese Hokku"
5 min
1525
Ariel Francisco: "Insomniami"
5 min