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
Jane Wong: "The Waiting"
3 min
1702
Yone Noguchi: "How Near to Fairyland"
2 min
1703
Jitō Tennō: "[Has Spring passed away?]"
1 min
1704
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Almost Buried"
2 min
1705
Diana Khoi Nguyen: "from Đổi Mới"
4 min
1706
Diane Seuss: "Ballad"
7 min
1707
Diana Marie Delgado: "Grandpa"
2 min
1708
Rick Barot: "Moving the Bones"
5 min
1709
Rabindranath Tagore: "Gitanjali 83"
1 min
1710
Brittney Corrigan: "Vanishing"
4 min
1711
Nicole Sealey: "‘Pages 1-4,’ an excerpt from T...
3 min
1712
Sara Eliza Johnson: "Parable of the Unclean Spi...
3 min
1713
Destiny O. Birdsong: "Bandwidth"
3 min
1714
Derrick Austin: "The Birthday Interviews"
3 min
1715
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "It’s Important I Rem...
4 min
1716
Guest Editor Interview: May Guest Editor Sumita...
20 min
1717
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Fire-Flowers"
2 min
1718
Leah Naomi Green: "Origin Story"
4 min
1719
Dean Rader: "I Never Knew I Loved Dean Rader"
6 min
1720
Kate Daniels: "Gertrude: In the Rooms"
5 min
1721
Rosanna Warren: "Boletus"
3 min
1722
Linda Gregerson: "When Nothing But Tree"
5 min
1723
Major Jackson: "Let Me Begin Again"
4 min
1724
Lewis Grandison Alexander: "Japanese Hokku"
5 min
1725
Ariel Francisco: "Insomniami"
5 min