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
1726
Camille Rankine: "Ways to Disappear"
2 min
1727
Ayesha Raees: "All Along, I Laid, Halved"
4 min
1728
Guest Editor Interview: June Guest Editor Anaïs...
19 min
1729
Chen Chen: "i love you to the moon &"
2 min
1730
Li Po: "Looking at the Moon After Rain"
2 min
1731
Toru Dutt: "Sonnet—Baugmaree"
2 min
1732
Rachel Mennies: "September 23, 2016"
4 min
1733
Luther Hughes: "When Struck by Night"
3 min
1734
Donika Kelly: "In the Beginning"
2 min
1735
Terrance Hayes: "Muscular Fantasy"
4 min
1736
Paul Tran: "Hypothesis"
3 min
1737
Wang Wei: "The Blue-Green Stream"
2 min
1738
Queen Liliʻuokalani: "Kumulipo"
2 min
1739
Analicia Sotelo: "Grace Among the Ferns"
3 min
1740
Joy Priest: "Looking for the Beautiful Things"
4 min
1741
Paige Lewis: "Logically, I Know the Circus"
2 min
1742
Andrés Cerpa: "The Vault"
2 min
1743
Jane Wong: "The Waiting"
3 min
1744
Yone Noguchi: "How Near to Fairyland"
2 min
1745
Jitō Tennō: "[Has Spring passed away?]"
1 min
1746
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Almost Buried"
2 min
1747
Diana Khoi Nguyen: "from Đổi Mới"
4 min
1748
Diane Seuss: "Ballad"
7 min
1749
Diana Marie Delgado: "Grandpa"
2 min
1750
Rick Barot: "Moving the Bones"
5 min