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
Toru Dutt: "Sonnet—Baugmaree"
2 min
1602
Rachel Mennies: "September 23, 2016"
4 min
1603
Luther Hughes: "When Struck by Night"
3 min
1604
Donika Kelly: "In the Beginning"
2 min
1605
Terrance Hayes: "Muscular Fantasy"
4 min
1606
Paul Tran: "Hypothesis"
3 min
1607
Wang Wei: "The Blue-Green Stream"
2 min
1608
Queen Liliʻuokalani: "Kumulipo"
2 min
1609
Analicia Sotelo: "Grace Among the Ferns"
3 min
1610
Joy Priest: "Looking for the Beautiful Things"
4 min
1611
Paige Lewis: "Logically, I Know the Circus"
2 min
1612
Andrés Cerpa: "The Vault"
2 min
1613
Jane Wong: "The Waiting"
3 min
1614
Yone Noguchi: "How Near to Fairyland"
2 min
1615
Jitō Tennō: "[Has Spring passed away?]"
1 min
1616
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Almost Buried"
2 min
1617
Diana Khoi Nguyen: "from Đổi Mới"
4 min
1618
Diane Seuss: "Ballad"
7 min
1619
Diana Marie Delgado: "Grandpa"
2 min
1620
Rick Barot: "Moving the Bones"
5 min
1621
Rabindranath Tagore: "Gitanjali 83"
1 min
1622
Brittney Corrigan: "Vanishing"
4 min
1623
Nicole Sealey: "‘Pages 1-4,’ an excerpt from T...
3 min
1624
Sara Eliza Johnson: "Parable of the Unclean Spi...
3 min
1625
Destiny O. Birdsong: "Bandwidth"
3 min