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.
1626
Hanae Jonas: "Pastoral"
3 min
1627
Gabrielle Octavia Rucker: "I Don’t Say Goodbye,...
3 min
1628
Deborah Paredez: "Perseverance"
3 min
1629
Louise Bogan: "Knowledge"
1 min
1630
Eloise Bibb Thompson: "Ode to the Sun"
2 min
1631
danilo machado: "(telling)"
4 min
1632
Cyrée Jarelle Johnson: "Last Best Niche"
3 min
1633
Camille Rankine: "Ways to Disappear"
2 min
1634
Ayesha Raees: "All Along, I Laid, Halved"
4 min
1635
Guest Editor Interview: June Guest Editor Anaïs...
19 min
1636
Chen Chen: "i love you to the moon &"
2 min
1637
Li Po: "Looking at the Moon After Rain"
2 min
1638
Toru Dutt: "Sonnet—Baugmaree"
2 min
1639
Rachel Mennies: "September 23, 2016"
4 min
1640
Luther Hughes: "When Struck by Night"
3 min
1641
Donika Kelly: "In the Beginning"
2 min
1642
Terrance Hayes: "Muscular Fantasy"
4 min
1643
Paul Tran: "Hypothesis"
3 min
1644
Wang Wei: "The Blue-Green Stream"
2 min
1645
Queen Liliʻuokalani: "Kumulipo"
2 min
1646
Analicia Sotelo: "Grace Among the Ferns"
3 min
1647
Joy Priest: "Looking for the Beautiful Things"
4 min
1648
Paige Lewis: "Logically, I Know the Circus"
2 min
1649
Andrés Cerpa: "The Vault"
2 min
1650
Jane Wong: "The Waiting"
3 min