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