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
Chen Chen: "i love you to the moon &"
2 min
1602
Li Po: "Looking at the Moon After Rain"
2 min
1603
Toru Dutt: "Sonnet—Baugmaree"
2 min
1604
Rachel Mennies: "September 23, 2016"
4 min
1605
Luther Hughes: "When Struck by Night"
3 min
1606
Donika Kelly: "In the Beginning"
2 min
1607
Terrance Hayes: "Muscular Fantasy"
4 min
1608
Paul Tran: "Hypothesis"
3 min
1609
Wang Wei: "The Blue-Green Stream"
2 min
1610
Queen Liliʻuokalani: "Kumulipo"
2 min
1611
Analicia Sotelo: "Grace Among the Ferns"
3 min
1612
Joy Priest: "Looking for the Beautiful Things"
4 min
1613
Paige Lewis: "Logically, I Know the Circus"
2 min
1614
Andrés Cerpa: "The Vault"
2 min
1615
Jane Wong: "The Waiting"
3 min
1616
Yone Noguchi: "How Near to Fairyland"
2 min
1617
Jitō Tennō: "[Has Spring passed away?]"
1 min
1618
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Almost Buried"
2 min
1619
Diana Khoi Nguyen: "from Đổi Mới"
4 min
1620
Diane Seuss: "Ballad"
7 min
1621
Diana Marie Delgado: "Grandpa"
2 min
1622
Rick Barot: "Moving the Bones"
5 min
1623
Rabindranath Tagore: "Gitanjali 83"
1 min
1624
Brittney Corrigan: "Vanishing"
4 min
1625
Nicole Sealey: "‘Pages 1-4,’ an excerpt from T...
3 min