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.

Books
1651
Gabrielle Octavia Rucker: "I Don’t Say Goodbye,...
3 min
1652
Deborah Paredez: "Perseverance"
3 min
1653
Louise Bogan: "Knowledge"
1 min
1654
Eloise Bibb Thompson: "Ode to the Sun"
2 min
1655
danilo machado: "(telling)"
4 min
1656
Cyrée Jarelle Johnson: "Last Best Niche"
3 min
1657
Camille Rankine: "Ways to Disappear"
2 min
1658
Ayesha Raees: "All Along, I Laid, Halved"
4 min
1659
Guest Editor Interview: June Guest Editor Anaïs...
19 min
1660
Chen Chen: "i love you to the moon &"
2 min
1661
Li Po: "Looking at the Moon After Rain"
2 min
1662
Toru Dutt: "Sonnet—Baugmaree"
2 min
1663
Rachel Mennies: "September 23, 2016"
4 min
1664
Luther Hughes: "When Struck by Night"
3 min
1665
Donika Kelly: "In the Beginning"
2 min
1666
Terrance Hayes: "Muscular Fantasy"
4 min
1667
Paul Tran: "Hypothesis"
3 min
1668
Wang Wei: "The Blue-Green Stream"
2 min
1669
Queen Liliʻuokalani: "Kumulipo"
2 min
1670
Analicia Sotelo: "Grace Among the Ferns"
3 min
1671
Joy Priest: "Looking for the Beautiful Things"
4 min
1672
Paige Lewis: "Logically, I Know the Circus"
2 min
1673
Andrés Cerpa: "The Vault"
2 min
1674
Jane Wong: "The Waiting"
3 min
1675
Yone Noguchi: "How Near to Fairyland"
2 min