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