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
Langston Hughes: "Our Land"
2 min
1602
Margarita Cruz: "Mourning"
2 min
1603
LA Warman: "Who Hurt You"
4 min
1604
Kemi Alabi: "Voice Clear As"
2 min
1605
Kamelya Omayma Youssef: "In the ن of it all"
5 min
1606
Hao Guang Tse: "to give the thing a name that ...
1 min
1607
Sarojini Naidu: "June Sunset"
3 min
1608
Alexander Posey: "Seashells"
1 min
1609
Jon-Michael Frank: "[there must be one thing yo...
2 min
1610
Hazem Fahmy: "Interrogation of an Alternate Tim...
3 min
1611
Hanae Jonas: "Pastoral"
3 min
1612
Gabrielle Octavia Rucker: "I Don’t Say Goodbye,...
3 min
1613
Deborah Paredez: "Perseverance"
3 min
1614
Louise Bogan: "Knowledge"
1 min
1615
Eloise Bibb Thompson: "Ode to the Sun"
2 min
1616
danilo machado: "(telling)"
4 min
1617
Cyrée Jarelle Johnson: "Last Best Niche"
3 min
1618
Camille Rankine: "Ways to Disappear"
2 min
1619
Ayesha Raees: "All Along, I Laid, Halved"
4 min
1620
Guest Editor Interview: June Guest Editor Anaïs...
19 min
1621
Chen Chen: "i love you to the moon &"
2 min
1622
Li Po: "Looking at the Moon After Rain"
2 min
1623
Toru Dutt: "Sonnet—Baugmaree"
2 min
1624
Rachel Mennies: "September 23, 2016"
4 min
1625
Luther Hughes: "When Struck by Night"
3 min