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.
1551
Jane Wong: "The Waiting"
3 min
1552
Yone Noguchi: "How Near to Fairyland"
2 min
1553
Jitō Tennō: "[Has Spring passed away?]"
1 min
1554
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Almost Buried"
2 min
1555
Diana Khoi Nguyen: "from Đổi Mới"
4 min
1556
Diane Seuss: "Ballad"
7 min
1557
Diana Marie Delgado: "Grandpa"
2 min
1558
Rick Barot: "Moving the Bones"
5 min
1559
Rabindranath Tagore: "Gitanjali 83"
1 min
1560
Brittney Corrigan: "Vanishing"
4 min
1561
Nicole Sealey: "‘Pages 1-4,’ an excerpt from T...
3 min
1562
Sara Eliza Johnson: "Parable of the Unclean Spi...
3 min
1563
Destiny O. Birdsong: "Bandwidth"
3 min
1564
Derrick Austin: "The Birthday Interviews"
3 min
1565
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "It’s Important I Rem...
4 min
1566
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Fire-Flowers"
2 min
1567
Guest Editor Interview: May Guest Editor Sumita...
20 min
1568
Leah Naomi Green: "Origin Story"
4 min
1569
Dean Rader: "I Never Knew I Loved Dean Rader"
6 min
1570
Kate Daniels: "Gertrude: In the Rooms"
5 min
1571
Rosanna Warren: "Boletus"
3 min
1572
Linda Gregerson: "When Nothing But Tree"
5 min
1573
Major Jackson: "Let Me Begin Again"
4 min
1574
Lewis Grandison Alexander: "Japanese Hokku"
5 min
1575
Ariel Francisco: "Insomniami"
5 min