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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Andrés Cerpa: "The Vault"
2 min
1677
Jane Wong: "The Waiting"
3 min
1678
Yone Noguchi: "How Near to Fairyland"
2 min
1679
Jitō Tennō: "[Has Spring passed away?]"
1 min
1680
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Almost Buried"
2 min
1681
Diana Khoi Nguyen: "from Đổi Mới"
4 min
1682
Diane Seuss: "Ballad"
7 min
1683
Diana Marie Delgado: "Grandpa"
2 min
1684
Rick Barot: "Moving the Bones"
5 min
1685
Rabindranath Tagore: "Gitanjali 83"
1 min
1686
Brittney Corrigan: "Vanishing"
4 min
1687
Nicole Sealey: "‘Pages 1-4,’ an excerpt from T...
3 min
1688
Sara Eliza Johnson: "Parable of the Unclean Spi...
3 min
1689
Destiny O. Birdsong: "Bandwidth"
3 min
1690
Derrick Austin: "The Birthday Interviews"
3 min
1691
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "It’s Important I Rem...
4 min
1692
Guest Editor Interview: May Guest Editor Sumita...
20 min
1693
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Fire-Flowers"
2 min
1694
Leah Naomi Green: "Origin Story"
4 min
1695
Dean Rader: "I Never Knew I Loved Dean Rader"
6 min
1696
Kate Daniels: "Gertrude: In the Rooms"
5 min
1697
Rosanna Warren: "Boletus"
3 min
1698
Linda Gregerson: "When Nothing But Tree"
5 min
1699
Major Jackson: "Let Me Begin Again"
4 min
1700
Lewis Grandison Alexander: "Japanese Hokku"
5 min