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