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 Genevieve Shubeck. 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
1677
Donika Kelly: "In the Beginning"
2 min
1678
Terrance Hayes: "Muscular Fantasy"
4 min
1679
Paul Tran: "Hypothesis"
3 min
1680
Wang Wei: "The Blue-Green Stream"
2 min
1681
Queen Liliʻuokalani: "Kumulipo"
2 min
1682
Analicia Sotelo: "Grace Among the Ferns"
3 min
1683
Joy Priest: "Looking for the Beautiful Things"
4 min
1684
Paige Lewis: "Logically, I Know the Circus"
2 min
1685
Andrés Cerpa: "The Vault"
2 min
1686
Jane Wong: "The Waiting"
3 min
1687
Yone Noguchi: "How Near to Fairyland"
2 min
1688
Jitō Tennō: "[Has Spring passed away?]"
1 min
1689
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Almost Buried"
2 min
1690
Diana Khoi Nguyen: "from Đổi Mới"
4 min
1691
Diane Seuss: "Ballad"
7 min
1692
Diana Marie Delgado: "Grandpa"
2 min
1693
Rick Barot: "Moving the Bones"
5 min
1694
Rabindranath Tagore: "Gitanjali 83"
1 min
1695
Brittney Corrigan: "Vanishing"
4 min
1696
Nicole Sealey: "‘Pages 1-4,’ an excerpt from T...
3 min
1697
Sara Eliza Johnson: "Parable of the Unclean Spi...
3 min
1698
Destiny O. Birdsong: "Bandwidth"
3 min
1699
Derrick Austin: "The Birthday Interviews"
3 min
1700
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "It’s Important I Rem...
4 min