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.
1526
Chen Chen: "i love you to the moon &"
2 min
1527
Li Po: "Looking at the Moon After Rain"
2 min
1528
Toru Dutt: "Sonnet—Baugmaree"
2 min
1529
Rachel Mennies: "September 23, 2016"
4 min
1530
Luther Hughes: "When Struck by Night"
3 min
1531
Donika Kelly: "In the Beginning"
2 min
1532
Terrance Hayes: "Muscular Fantasy"
4 min
1533
Paul Tran: "Hypothesis"
3 min
1534
Wang Wei: "The Blue-Green Stream"
2 min
1535
Queen Liliʻuokalani: "Kumulipo"
2 min
1536
Analicia Sotelo: "Grace Among the Ferns"
3 min
1537
Joy Priest: "Looking for the Beautiful Things"
4 min
1538
Paige Lewis: "Logically, I Know the Circus"
2 min
1539
Andrés Cerpa: "The Vault"
2 min
1540
Jane Wong: "The Waiting"
3 min
1541
Yone Noguchi: "How Near to Fairyland"
2 min
1542
Jitō Tennō: "[Has Spring passed away?]"
1 min
1543
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Almost Buried"
2 min
1544
Diana Khoi Nguyen: "from Đổi Mới"
4 min
1545
Diane Seuss: "Ballad"
7 min
1546
Diana Marie Delgado: "Grandpa"
2 min
1547
Rick Barot: "Moving the Bones"
5 min
1548
Rabindranath Tagore: "Gitanjali 83"
1 min
1549
Brittney Corrigan: "Vanishing"
4 min
1550
Nicole Sealey: "‘Pages 1-4,’ an excerpt from T...
3 min