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
1526
Hazem Fahmy: "Interrogation of an Alternate Tim...
3 min
1527
Hanae Jonas: "Pastoral"
3 min
1528
Gabrielle Octavia Rucker: "I Don’t Say Goodbye,...
3 min
1529
Deborah Paredez: "Perseverance"
3 min
1530
Louise Bogan: "Knowledge"
1 min
1531
Eloise Bibb Thompson: "Ode to the Sun"
2 min
1532
danilo machado: "(telling)"
4 min
1533
Cyrée Jarelle Johnson: "Last Best Niche"
3 min
1534
Camille Rankine: "Ways to Disappear"
2 min
1535
Ayesha Raees: "All Along, I Laid, Halved"
4 min
1536
Guest Editor Interview: June Guest Editor Anaïs...
19 min
1537
Chen Chen: "i love you to the moon &"
2 min
1538
Li Po: "Looking at the Moon After Rain"
2 min
1539
Toru Dutt: "Sonnet—Baugmaree"
2 min
1540
Rachel Mennies: "September 23, 2016"
4 min
1541
Luther Hughes: "When Struck by Night"
3 min
1542
Donika Kelly: "In the Beginning"
2 min
1543
Terrance Hayes: "Muscular Fantasy"
4 min
1544
Paul Tran: "Hypothesis"
3 min
1545
Wang Wei: "The Blue-Green Stream"
2 min
1546
Queen Liliʻuokalani: "Kumulipo"
2 min
1547
Analicia Sotelo: "Grace Among the Ferns"
3 min
1548
Joy Priest: "Looking for the Beautiful Things"
4 min
1549
Paige Lewis: "Logically, I Know the Circus"
2 min
1550
Andrés Cerpa: "The Vault"
2 min