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
Ayesha Raees: "All Along, I Laid, Halved"
4 min
1577
Guest Editor Interview: June Guest Editor Anaïs...
19 min
1578
Chen Chen: "i love you to the moon &"
2 min
1579
Li Po: "Looking at the Moon After Rain"
2 min
1580
Toru Dutt: "Sonnet—Baugmaree"
2 min
1581
Rachel Mennies: "September 23, 2016"
4 min
1582
Luther Hughes: "When Struck by Night"
3 min
1583
Donika Kelly: "In the Beginning"
2 min
1584
Terrance Hayes: "Muscular Fantasy"
4 min
1585
Paul Tran: "Hypothesis"
3 min
1586
Wang Wei: "The Blue-Green Stream"
2 min
1587
Queen Liliʻuokalani: "Kumulipo"
2 min
1588
Analicia Sotelo: "Grace Among the Ferns"
3 min
1589
Joy Priest: "Looking for the Beautiful Things"
4 min
1590
Paige Lewis: "Logically, I Know the Circus"
2 min
1591
Andrés Cerpa: "The Vault"
2 min
1592
Jane Wong: "The Waiting"
3 min
1593
Yone Noguchi: "How Near to Fairyland"
2 min
1594
Jitō Tennō: "[Has Spring passed away?]"
1 min
1595
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Almost Buried"
2 min
1596
Diana Khoi Nguyen: "from Đổi Mới"
4 min
1597
Diane Seuss: "Ballad"
7 min
1598
Diana Marie Delgado: "Grandpa"
2 min
1599
Rick Barot: "Moving the Bones"
5 min
1600
Rabindranath Tagore: "Gitanjali 83"
1 min