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
1551
Sarojini Naidu: "June Sunset"
3 min
1552
Alexander Posey: "Seashells"
1 min
1553
Jon-Michael Frank: "[there must be one thing yo...
2 min
1554
Hazem Fahmy: "Interrogation of an Alternate Tim...
3 min
1555
Hanae Jonas: "Pastoral"
3 min
1556
Gabrielle Octavia Rucker: "I Don’t Say Goodbye,...
3 min
1557
Deborah Paredez: "Perseverance"
3 min
1558
Louise Bogan: "Knowledge"
1 min
1559
Eloise Bibb Thompson: "Ode to the Sun"
2 min
1560
danilo machado: "(telling)"
4 min
1561
Cyrée Jarelle Johnson: "Last Best Niche"
3 min
1562
Camille Rankine: "Ways to Disappear"
2 min
1563
Ayesha Raees: "All Along, I Laid, Halved"
4 min
1564
Guest Editor Interview: June Guest Editor Anaïs...
19 min
1565
Chen Chen: "i love you to the moon &"
2 min
1566
Li Po: "Looking at the Moon After Rain"
2 min
1567
Toru Dutt: "Sonnet—Baugmaree"
2 min
1568
Rachel Mennies: "September 23, 2016"
4 min
1569
Luther Hughes: "When Struck by Night"
3 min
1570
Donika Kelly: "In the Beginning"
2 min
1571
Terrance Hayes: "Muscular Fantasy"
4 min
1572
Paul Tran: "Hypothesis"
3 min
1573
Wang Wei: "The Blue-Green Stream"
2 min
1574
Queen Liliʻuokalani: "Kumulipo"
2 min
1575
Analicia Sotelo: "Grace Among the Ferns"
3 min