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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Jon-Michael Frank: "[there must be one thing yo...
2 min
1652
Hazem Fahmy: "Interrogation of an Alternate Tim...
3 min
1653
Hanae Jonas: "Pastoral"
3 min
1654
Gabrielle Octavia Rucker: "I Don’t Say Goodbye,...
3 min
1655
Deborah Paredez: "Perseverance"
3 min
1656
Louise Bogan: "Knowledge"
1 min
1657
Eloise Bibb Thompson: "Ode to the Sun"
2 min
1658
danilo machado: "(telling)"
4 min
1659
Cyrée Jarelle Johnson: "Last Best Niche"
3 min
1660
Camille Rankine: "Ways to Disappear"
2 min
1661
Ayesha Raees: "All Along, I Laid, Halved"
4 min
1662
Guest Editor Interview: June Guest Editor Anaïs...
19 min
1663
Chen Chen: "i love you to the moon &"
2 min
1664
Li Po: "Looking at the Moon After Rain"
2 min
1665
Toru Dutt: "Sonnet—Baugmaree"
2 min
1666
Rachel Mennies: "September 23, 2016"
4 min
1667
Luther Hughes: "When Struck by Night"
3 min
1668
Donika Kelly: "In the Beginning"
2 min
1669
Terrance Hayes: "Muscular Fantasy"
4 min
1670
Paul Tran: "Hypothesis"
3 min
1671
Wang Wei: "The Blue-Green Stream"
2 min
1672
Queen Liliʻuokalani: "Kumulipo"
2 min
1673
Analicia Sotelo: "Grace Among the Ferns"
3 min
1674
Joy Priest: "Looking for the Beautiful Things"
4 min
1675
Paige Lewis: "Logically, I Know the Circus"
2 min