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