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.
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Donika Kelly: "In the Beginning"
2 min
1552
Terrance Hayes: "Muscular Fantasy"
4 min
1553
Paul Tran: "Hypothesis"
3 min
1554
Wang Wei: "The Blue-Green Stream"
2 min
1555
Queen Liliʻuokalani: "Kumulipo"
2 min
1556
Analicia Sotelo: "Grace Among the Ferns"
3 min
1557
Joy Priest: "Looking for the Beautiful Things"
4 min
1558
Paige Lewis: "Logically, I Know the Circus"
2 min
1559
Andrés Cerpa: "The Vault"
2 min
1560
Jane Wong: "The Waiting"
3 min
1561
Yone Noguchi: "How Near to Fairyland"
2 min
1562
Jitō Tennō: "[Has Spring passed away?]"
1 min
1563
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Almost Buried"
2 min
1564
Diana Khoi Nguyen: "from Đổi Mới"
4 min
1565
Diane Seuss: "Ballad"
7 min
1566
Diana Marie Delgado: "Grandpa"
2 min
1567
Rick Barot: "Moving the Bones"
5 min
1568
Rabindranath Tagore: "Gitanjali 83"
1 min
1569
Brittney Corrigan: "Vanishing"
4 min
1570
Nicole Sealey: "‘Pages 1-4,’ an excerpt from T...
3 min
1571
Sara Eliza Johnson: "Parable of the Unclean Spi...
3 min
1572
Destiny O. Birdsong: "Bandwidth"
3 min
1573
Derrick Austin: "The Birthday Interviews"
3 min
1574
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "It’s Important I Rem...
4 min
1575
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Fire-Flowers"
2 min