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
Jane Wong: "The Waiting"
3 min
1527
Yone Noguchi: "How Near to Fairyland"
2 min
1528
Jitō Tennō: "[Has Spring passed away?]"
1 min
1529
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Almost Buried"
2 min
1530
Diana Khoi Nguyen: "from Đổi Mới"
4 min
1531
Diane Seuss: "Ballad"
7 min
1532
Diana Marie Delgado: "Grandpa"
2 min
1533
Rick Barot: "Moving the Bones"
5 min
1534
Rabindranath Tagore: "Gitanjali 83"
1 min
1535
Brittney Corrigan: "Vanishing"
4 min
1536
Nicole Sealey: "‘Pages 1-4,’ an excerpt from T...
3 min
1537
Sara Eliza Johnson: "Parable of the Unclean Spi...
3 min
1538
Destiny O. Birdsong: "Bandwidth"
3 min
1539
Derrick Austin: "The Birthday Interviews"
3 min
1540
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "It’s Important I Rem...
4 min
1541
Guest Editor Interview: May Guest Editor Sumita...
20 min
1542
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Fire-Flowers"
2 min
1543
Leah Naomi Green: "Origin Story"
4 min
1544
Dean Rader: "I Never Knew I Loved Dean Rader"
6 min
1545
Kate Daniels: "Gertrude: In the Rooms"
5 min
1546
Rosanna Warren: "Boletus"
3 min
1547
Linda Gregerson: "When Nothing But Tree"
5 min
1548
Major Jackson: "Let Me Begin Again"
4 min
1549
Lewis Grandison Alexander: "Japanese Hokku"
5 min
1550
Ariel Francisco: "Insomniami"
5 min