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
1501
Hazem Fahmy: "Interrogation of an Alternate Tim...
3 min
1502
Hanae Jonas: "Pastoral"
3 min
1503
Gabrielle Octavia Rucker: "I Don’t Say Goodbye,...
3 min
1504
Deborah Paredez: "Perseverance"
3 min
1505
Louise Bogan: "Knowledge"
1 min
1506
Eloise Bibb Thompson: "Ode to the Sun"
2 min
1507
danilo machado: "(telling)"
4 min
1508
Cyrée Jarelle Johnson: "Last Best Niche"
3 min
1509
Camille Rankine: "Ways to Disappear"
2 min
1510
Ayesha Raees: "All Along, I Laid, Halved"
4 min
1511
Guest Editor Interview: June Guest Editor Anaïs...
19 min
1512
Chen Chen: "i love you to the moon &"
2 min
1513
Li Po: "Looking at the Moon After Rain"
2 min
1514
Toru Dutt: "Sonnet—Baugmaree"
2 min
1515
Rachel Mennies: "September 23, 2016"
4 min
1516
Luther Hughes: "When Struck by Night"
3 min
1517
Donika Kelly: "In the Beginning"
2 min
1518
Terrance Hayes: "Muscular Fantasy"
4 min
1519
Paul Tran: "Hypothesis"
3 min
1520
Wang Wei: "The Blue-Green Stream"
2 min
1521
Queen Liliʻuokalani: "Kumulipo"
2 min
1522
Analicia Sotelo: "Grace Among the Ferns"
3 min
1523
Joy Priest: "Looking for the Beautiful Things"
4 min
1524
Paige Lewis: "Logically, I Know the Circus"
2 min
1525
Andrés Cerpa: "The Vault"
2 min