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
Ayesha Raees: "All Along, I Laid, Halved"
4 min
1652
Guest Editor Interview: June Guest Editor Anaïs...
19 min
1653
Chen Chen: "i love you to the moon &"
2 min
1654
Li Po: "Looking at the Moon After Rain"
2 min
1655
Toru Dutt: "Sonnet—Baugmaree"
2 min
1656
Rachel Mennies: "September 23, 2016"
4 min
1657
Luther Hughes: "When Struck by Night"
3 min
1658
Donika Kelly: "In the Beginning"
2 min
1659
Terrance Hayes: "Muscular Fantasy"
4 min
1660
Paul Tran: "Hypothesis"
3 min
1661
Wang Wei: "The Blue-Green Stream"
2 min
1662
Queen Liliʻuokalani: "Kumulipo"
2 min
1663
Analicia Sotelo: "Grace Among the Ferns"
3 min
1664
Joy Priest: "Looking for the Beautiful Things"
4 min
1665
Paige Lewis: "Logically, I Know the Circus"
2 min
1666
Andrés Cerpa: "The Vault"
2 min
1667
Jane Wong: "The Waiting"
3 min
1668
Yone Noguchi: "How Near to Fairyland"
2 min
1669
Jitō Tennō: "[Has Spring passed away?]"
1 min
1670
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Almost Buried"
2 min
1671
Diana Khoi Nguyen: "from Đổi Mới"
4 min
1672
Diane Seuss: "Ballad"
7 min
1673
Diana Marie Delgado: "Grandpa"
2 min
1674
Rick Barot: "Moving the Bones"
5 min
1675
Rabindranath Tagore: "Gitanjali 83"
1 min