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.
1726
Wang Wei: "The Blue-Green Stream"
2 min
1727
Queen Liliʻuokalani: "Kumulipo"
2 min
1728
Analicia Sotelo: "Grace Among the Ferns"
3 min
1729
Joy Priest: "Looking for the Beautiful Things"
4 min
1730
Paige Lewis: "Logically, I Know the Circus"
2 min
1731
Andrés Cerpa: "The Vault"
2 min
1732
Jane Wong: "The Waiting"
3 min
1733
Yone Noguchi: "How Near to Fairyland"
2 min
1734
Jitō Tennō: "[Has Spring passed away?]"
1 min
1735
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Almost Buried"
2 min
1736
Diana Khoi Nguyen: "from Đổi Mới"
4 min
1737
Diane Seuss: "Ballad"
7 min
1738
Diana Marie Delgado: "Grandpa"
2 min
1739
Rick Barot: "Moving the Bones"
5 min
1740
Rabindranath Tagore: "Gitanjali 83"
1 min
1741
Brittney Corrigan: "Vanishing"
4 min
1742
Nicole Sealey: "‘Pages 1-4,’ an excerpt from T...
3 min
1743
Sara Eliza Johnson: "Parable of the Unclean Spi...
3 min
1744
Destiny O. Birdsong: "Bandwidth"
3 min
1745
Derrick Austin: "The Birthday Interviews"
3 min
1746
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "It’s Important I Rem...
4 min
1747
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Fire-Flowers"
2 min
1748
Guest Editor Interview: May Guest Editor Sumita...
20 min
1749
Leah Naomi Green: "Origin Story"
4 min
1750
Dean Rader: "I Never Knew I Loved Dean Rader"
6 min