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
Wang Wei: "The Blue-Green Stream"
2 min
1627
Queen Liliʻuokalani: "Kumulipo"
2 min
1628
Analicia Sotelo: "Grace Among the Ferns"
3 min
1629
Joy Priest: "Looking for the Beautiful Things"
4 min
1630
Paige Lewis: "Logically, I Know the Circus"
2 min
1631
Andrés Cerpa: "The Vault"
2 min
1632
Jane Wong: "The Waiting"
3 min
1633
Yone Noguchi: "How Near to Fairyland"
2 min
1634
Jitō Tennō: "[Has Spring passed away?]"
1 min
1635
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Almost Buried"
2 min
1636
Diana Khoi Nguyen: "from Đổi Mới"
4 min
1637
Diane Seuss: "Ballad"
7 min
1638
Diana Marie Delgado: "Grandpa"
2 min
1639
Rick Barot: "Moving the Bones"
5 min
1640
Rabindranath Tagore: "Gitanjali 83"
1 min
1641
Brittney Corrigan: "Vanishing"
4 min
1642
Nicole Sealey: "‘Pages 1-4,’ an excerpt from T...
3 min
1643
Sara Eliza Johnson: "Parable of the Unclean Spi...
3 min
1644
Destiny O. Birdsong: "Bandwidth"
3 min
1645
Derrick Austin: "The Birthday Interviews"
3 min
1646
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "It’s Important I Rem...
4 min
1647
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Fire-Flowers"
2 min
1648
Guest Editor Interview: May Guest Editor Sumita...
20 min
1649
Leah Naomi Green: "Origin Story"
4 min
1650
Dean Rader: "I Never Knew I Loved Dean Rader"
6 min