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