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.
1651
Yone Noguchi: "How Near to Fairyland"
2 min
1652
Jitō Tennō: "[Has Spring passed away?]"
1 min
1653
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Almost Buried"
2 min
1654
Diana Khoi Nguyen: "from Đổi Mới"
4 min
1655
Diane Seuss: "Ballad"
7 min
1656
Diana Marie Delgado: "Grandpa"
2 min
1657
Rick Barot: "Moving the Bones"
5 min
1658
Rabindranath Tagore: "Gitanjali 83"
1 min
1659
Brittney Corrigan: "Vanishing"
4 min
1660
Nicole Sealey: "‘Pages 1-4,’ an excerpt from T...
3 min
1661
Sara Eliza Johnson: "Parable of the Unclean Spi...
3 min
1662
Destiny O. Birdsong: "Bandwidth"
3 min
1663
Derrick Austin: "The Birthday Interviews"
3 min
1664
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "It’s Important I Rem...
4 min
1665
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Fire-Flowers"
2 min
1666
Guest Editor Interview: May Guest Editor Sumita...
20 min
1667
Leah Naomi Green: "Origin Story"
4 min
1668
Dean Rader: "I Never Knew I Loved Dean Rader"
6 min
1669
Kate Daniels: "Gertrude: In the Rooms"
5 min
1670
Rosanna Warren: "Boletus"
3 min
1671
Linda Gregerson: "When Nothing But Tree"
5 min
1672
Major Jackson: "Let Me Begin Again"
4 min
1673
Lewis Grandison Alexander: "Japanese Hokku"
5 min
1674
Ariel Francisco: "Insomniami"
5 min
1675
Kaveh Akbar: "My Father’s Accent"
4 min