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.
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Rachel Mennies: "September 23, 2016"
4 min
1627
Luther Hughes: "When Struck by Night"
3 min
1628
Donika Kelly: "In the Beginning"
2 min
1629
Terrance Hayes: "Muscular Fantasy"
4 min
1630
Paul Tran: "Hypothesis"
3 min
1631
Wang Wei: "The Blue-Green Stream"
2 min
1632
Queen Liliʻuokalani: "Kumulipo"
2 min
1633
Analicia Sotelo: "Grace Among the Ferns"
3 min
1634
Joy Priest: "Looking for the Beautiful Things"
4 min
1635
Paige Lewis: "Logically, I Know the Circus"
2 min
1636
Andrés Cerpa: "The Vault"
2 min
1637
Jane Wong: "The Waiting"
3 min
1638
Yone Noguchi: "How Near to Fairyland"
2 min
1639
Jitō Tennō: "[Has Spring passed away?]"
1 min
1640
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Almost Buried"
2 min
1641
Diana Khoi Nguyen: "from Đổi Mới"
4 min
1642
Diane Seuss: "Ballad"
7 min
1643
Diana Marie Delgado: "Grandpa"
2 min
1644
Rick Barot: "Moving the Bones"
5 min
1645
Rabindranath Tagore: "Gitanjali 83"
1 min
1646
Brittney Corrigan: "Vanishing"
4 min
1647
Nicole Sealey: "‘Pages 1-4,’ an excerpt from T...
3 min
1648
Sara Eliza Johnson: "Parable of the Unclean Spi...
3 min
1649
Destiny O. Birdsong: "Bandwidth"
3 min
1650
Derrick Austin: "The Birthday Interviews"
3 min