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