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
1676
Paul Tran: "Hypothesis"
3 min
1677
Wang Wei: "The Blue-Green Stream"
2 min
1678
Queen Liliʻuokalani: "Kumulipo"
2 min
1679
Analicia Sotelo: "Grace Among the Ferns"
3 min
1680
Joy Priest: "Looking for the Beautiful Things"
4 min
1681
Paige Lewis: "Logically, I Know the Circus"
2 min
1682
Andrés Cerpa: "The Vault"
2 min
1683
Jane Wong: "The Waiting"
3 min
1684
Yone Noguchi: "How Near to Fairyland"
2 min
1685
Jitō Tennō: "[Has Spring passed away?]"
1 min
1686
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Almost Buried"
2 min
1687
Diana Khoi Nguyen: "from Đổi Mới"
4 min
1688
Diane Seuss: "Ballad"
7 min
1689
Diana Marie Delgado: "Grandpa"
2 min
1690
Rick Barot: "Moving the Bones"
5 min
1691
Rabindranath Tagore: "Gitanjali 83"
1 min
1692
Brittney Corrigan: "Vanishing"
4 min
1693
Nicole Sealey: "‘Pages 1-4,’ an excerpt from T...
3 min
1694
Sara Eliza Johnson: "Parable of the Unclean Spi...
3 min
1695
Destiny O. Birdsong: "Bandwidth"
3 min
1696
Derrick Austin: "The Birthday Interviews"
3 min
1697
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "It’s Important I Rem...
4 min
1698
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Fire-Flowers"
2 min
1699
Guest Editor Interview: May Guest Editor Sumita...
20 min
1700
Leah Naomi Green: "Origin Story"
4 min