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.
1701
Chen Chen: "i love you to the moon &"
2 min
1702
Li Po: "Looking at the Moon After Rain"
2 min
1703
Toru Dutt: "Sonnet—Baugmaree"
2 min
1704
Rachel Mennies: "September 23, 2016"
4 min
1705
Luther Hughes: "When Struck by Night"
3 min
1706
Donika Kelly: "In the Beginning"
2 min
1707
Terrance Hayes: "Muscular Fantasy"
4 min
1708
Paul Tran: "Hypothesis"
3 min
1709
Wang Wei: "The Blue-Green Stream"
2 min
1710
Queen Liliʻuokalani: "Kumulipo"
2 min
1711
Analicia Sotelo: "Grace Among the Ferns"
3 min
1712
Joy Priest: "Looking for the Beautiful Things"
4 min
1713
Paige Lewis: "Logically, I Know the Circus"
2 min
1714
Andrés Cerpa: "The Vault"
2 min
1715
Jane Wong: "The Waiting"
3 min
1716
Yone Noguchi: "How Near to Fairyland"
2 min
1717
Jitō Tennō: "[Has Spring passed away?]"
1 min
1718
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Almost Buried"
2 min
1719
Diana Khoi Nguyen: "from Đổi Mới"
4 min
1720
Diane Seuss: "Ballad"
7 min
1721
Diana Marie Delgado: "Grandpa"
2 min
1722
Rick Barot: "Moving the Bones"
5 min
1723
Rabindranath Tagore: "Gitanjali 83"
1 min
1724
Brittney Corrigan: "Vanishing"
4 min
1725
Nicole Sealey: "‘Pages 1-4,’ an excerpt from T...
3 min