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
Eloise Bibb Thompson: "Ode to the Sun"
2 min
1527
danilo machado: "(telling)"
4 min
1528
Cyrée Jarelle Johnson: "Last Best Niche"
3 min
1529
Camille Rankine: "Ways to Disappear"
2 min
1530
Ayesha Raees: "All Along, I Laid, Halved"
4 min
1531
Guest Editor Interview: June Guest Editor Anaïs...
19 min
1532
Chen Chen: "i love you to the moon &"
2 min
1533
Li Po: "Looking at the Moon After Rain"
2 min
1534
Toru Dutt: "Sonnet—Baugmaree"
2 min
1535
Rachel Mennies: "September 23, 2016"
4 min
1536
Luther Hughes: "When Struck by Night"
3 min
1537
Donika Kelly: "In the Beginning"
2 min
1538
Terrance Hayes: "Muscular Fantasy"
4 min
1539
Paul Tran: "Hypothesis"
3 min
1540
Wang Wei: "The Blue-Green Stream"
2 min
1541
Queen Liliʻuokalani: "Kumulipo"
2 min
1542
Analicia Sotelo: "Grace Among the Ferns"
3 min
1543
Joy Priest: "Looking for the Beautiful Things"
4 min
1544
Paige Lewis: "Logically, I Know the Circus"
2 min
1545
Andrés Cerpa: "The Vault"
2 min
1546
Jane Wong: "The Waiting"
3 min
1547
Yone Noguchi: "How Near to Fairyland"
2 min
1548
Jitō Tennō: "[Has Spring passed away?]"
1 min
1549
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Almost Buried"
2 min
1550
Diana Khoi Nguyen: "from Đổi Mới"
4 min