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.
1676
Li Po: "Looking at the Moon After Rain"
2 min
1677
Toru Dutt: "Sonnet—Baugmaree"
2 min
1678
Rachel Mennies: "September 23, 2016"
4 min
1679
Luther Hughes: "When Struck by Night"
3 min
1680
Donika Kelly: "In the Beginning"
2 min
1681
Terrance Hayes: "Muscular Fantasy"
4 min
1682
Paul Tran: "Hypothesis"
3 min
1683
Wang Wei: "The Blue-Green Stream"
2 min
1684
Queen Liliʻuokalani: "Kumulipo"
2 min
1685
Analicia Sotelo: "Grace Among the Ferns"
3 min
1686
Joy Priest: "Looking for the Beautiful Things"
4 min
1687
Paige Lewis: "Logically, I Know the Circus"
2 min
1688
Andrés Cerpa: "The Vault"
2 min
1689
Jane Wong: "The Waiting"
3 min
1690
Yone Noguchi: "How Near to Fairyland"
2 min
1691
Jitō Tennō: "[Has Spring passed away?]"
1 min
1692
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Almost Buried"
2 min
1693
Diana Khoi Nguyen: "from Đổi Mới"
4 min
1694
Diane Seuss: "Ballad"
7 min
1695
Diana Marie Delgado: "Grandpa"
2 min
1696
Rick Barot: "Moving the Bones"
5 min
1697
Rabindranath Tagore: "Gitanjali 83"
1 min
1698
Brittney Corrigan: "Vanishing"
4 min
1699
Nicole Sealey: "‘Pages 1-4,’ an excerpt from T...
3 min
1700
Sara Eliza Johnson: "Parable of the Unclean Spi...
3 min