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