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.

Books
1701
Kemi Alabi: "Voice Clear As"
2 min
1702
Kamelya Omayma Youssef: "In the ن of it all"
5 min
1703
Hao Guang Tse: "to give the thing a name that ...
1 min
1704
Sarojini Naidu: "June Sunset"
3 min
1705
Alexander Posey: "Seashells"
1 min
1706
Jon-Michael Frank: "[there must be one thing yo...
2 min
1707
Hazem Fahmy: "Interrogation of an Alternate Tim...
3 min
1708
Hanae Jonas: "Pastoral"
3 min
1709
Gabrielle Octavia Rucker: "I Don’t Say Goodbye,...
3 min
1710
Deborah Paredez: "Perseverance"
3 min
1711
Louise Bogan: "Knowledge"
1 min
1712
Eloise Bibb Thompson: "Ode to the Sun"
2 min
1713
danilo machado: "(telling)"
4 min
1714
Cyrée Jarelle Johnson: "Last Best Niche"
3 min
1715
Camille Rankine: "Ways to Disappear"
2 min
1716
Ayesha Raees: "All Along, I Laid, Halved"
4 min
1717
Guest Editor Interview: June Guest Editor Anaïs...
19 min
1718
Chen Chen: "i love you to the moon &"
2 min
1719
Li Po: "Looking at the Moon After Rain"
2 min
1720
Toru Dutt: "Sonnet—Baugmaree"
2 min
1721
Rachel Mennies: "September 23, 2016"
4 min
1722
Luther Hughes: "When Struck by Night"
3 min
1723
Donika Kelly: "In the Beginning"
2 min
1724
Terrance Hayes: "Muscular Fantasy"
4 min
1725
Paul Tran: "Hypothesis"
3 min