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
1576
Hazem Fahmy: "Interrogation of an Alternate Tim...
3 min
1577
Hanae Jonas: "Pastoral"
3 min
1578
Gabrielle Octavia Rucker: "I Don’t Say Goodbye,...
3 min
1579
Deborah Paredez: "Perseverance"
3 min
1580
Louise Bogan: "Knowledge"
1 min
1581
Eloise Bibb Thompson: "Ode to the Sun"
2 min
1582
danilo machado: "(telling)"
4 min
1583
Cyrée Jarelle Johnson: "Last Best Niche"
3 min
1584
Camille Rankine: "Ways to Disappear"
2 min
1585
Ayesha Raees: "All Along, I Laid, Halved"
4 min
1586
Guest Editor Interview: June Guest Editor Anaïs...
19 min
1587
Chen Chen: "i love you to the moon &"
2 min
1588
Li Po: "Looking at the Moon After Rain"
2 min
1589
Toru Dutt: "Sonnet—Baugmaree"
2 min
1590
Rachel Mennies: "September 23, 2016"
4 min
1591
Luther Hughes: "When Struck by Night"
3 min
1592
Donika Kelly: "In the Beginning"
2 min
1593
Terrance Hayes: "Muscular Fantasy"
4 min
1594
Paul Tran: "Hypothesis"
3 min
1595
Wang Wei: "The Blue-Green Stream"
2 min
1596
Queen Liliʻuokalani: "Kumulipo"
2 min
1597
Analicia Sotelo: "Grace Among the Ferns"
3 min
1598
Joy Priest: "Looking for the Beautiful Things"
4 min
1599
Paige Lewis: "Logically, I Know the Circus"
2 min
1600
Andrés Cerpa: "The Vault"
2 min