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.
1601
Jane Wong: "The Waiting"
3 min
1602
Yone Noguchi: "How Near to Fairyland"
2 min
1603
Jitō Tennō: "[Has Spring passed away?]"
1 min
1604
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Almost Buried"
2 min
1605
Diana Khoi Nguyen: "from Đổi Mới"
4 min
1606
Diane Seuss: "Ballad"
7 min
1607
Diana Marie Delgado: "Grandpa"
2 min
1608
Rick Barot: "Moving the Bones"
5 min
1609
Rabindranath Tagore: "Gitanjali 83"
1 min
1610
Brittney Corrigan: "Vanishing"
4 min
1611
Nicole Sealey: "‘Pages 1-4,’ an excerpt from T...
3 min
1612
Sara Eliza Johnson: "Parable of the Unclean Spi...
3 min
1613
Destiny O. Birdsong: "Bandwidth"
3 min
1614
Derrick Austin: "The Birthday Interviews"
3 min
1615
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "It’s Important I Rem...
4 min
1616
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Fire-Flowers"
2 min
1617
Guest Editor Interview: May Guest Editor Sumita...
20 min
1618
Leah Naomi Green: "Origin Story"
4 min
1619
Dean Rader: "I Never Knew I Loved Dean Rader"
6 min
1620
Kate Daniels: "Gertrude: In the Rooms"
5 min
1621
Rosanna Warren: "Boletus"
3 min
1622
Linda Gregerson: "When Nothing But Tree"
5 min
1623
Major Jackson: "Let Me Begin Again"
4 min
1624
Lewis Grandison Alexander: "Japanese Hokku"
5 min
1625
Ariel Francisco: "Insomniami"
5 min