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