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.

Books
1601
Hazem Fahmy: "Interrogation of an Alternate Tim...
3 min
1602
Hanae Jonas: "Pastoral"
3 min
1603
Gabrielle Octavia Rucker: "I Don’t Say Goodbye,...
3 min
1604
Deborah Paredez: "Perseverance"
3 min
1605
Louise Bogan: "Knowledge"
1 min
1606
Eloise Bibb Thompson: "Ode to the Sun"
2 min
1607
danilo machado: "(telling)"
4 min
1608
Cyrée Jarelle Johnson: "Last Best Niche"
3 min
1609
Camille Rankine: "Ways to Disappear"
2 min
1610
Ayesha Raees: "All Along, I Laid, Halved"
4 min
1611
Guest Editor Interview: June Guest Editor Anaïs...
19 min
1612
Chen Chen: "i love you to the moon &"
2 min
1613
Li Po: "Looking at the Moon After Rain"
2 min
1614
Toru Dutt: "Sonnet—Baugmaree"
2 min
1615
Rachel Mennies: "September 23, 2016"
4 min
1616
Luther Hughes: "When Struck by Night"
3 min
1617
Donika Kelly: "In the Beginning"
2 min
1618
Terrance Hayes: "Muscular Fantasy"
4 min
1619
Paul Tran: "Hypothesis"
3 min
1620
Wang Wei: "The Blue-Green Stream"
2 min
1621
Queen Liliʻuokalani: "Kumulipo"
2 min
1622
Analicia Sotelo: "Grace Among the Ferns"
3 min
1623
Joy Priest: "Looking for the Beautiful Things"
4 min
1624
Paige Lewis: "Logically, I Know the Circus"
2 min
1625
Andrés Cerpa: "The Vault"
2 min