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
Terrance Hayes: "Muscular Fantasy"
4 min
1727
Paul Tran: "Hypothesis"
3 min
1728
Wang Wei: "The Blue-Green Stream"
2 min
1729
Queen Liliʻuokalani: "Kumulipo"
2 min
1730
Analicia Sotelo: "Grace Among the Ferns"
3 min
1731
Joy Priest: "Looking for the Beautiful Things"
4 min
1732
Paige Lewis: "Logically, I Know the Circus"
2 min
1733
Andrés Cerpa: "The Vault"
2 min
1734
Jane Wong: "The Waiting"
3 min
1735
Yone Noguchi: "How Near to Fairyland"
2 min
1736
Jitō Tennō: "[Has Spring passed away?]"
1 min
1737
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Almost Buried"
2 min
1738
Diana Khoi Nguyen: "from Đổi Mới"
4 min
1739
Diane Seuss: "Ballad"
7 min
1740
Diana Marie Delgado: "Grandpa"
2 min
1741
Rick Barot: "Moving the Bones"
5 min
1742
Rabindranath Tagore: "Gitanjali 83"
1 min
1743
Brittney Corrigan: "Vanishing"
4 min
1744
Nicole Sealey: "‘Pages 1-4,’ an excerpt from T...
3 min
1745
Sara Eliza Johnson: "Parable of the Unclean Spi...
3 min
1746
Destiny O. Birdsong: "Bandwidth"
3 min
1747
Derrick Austin: "The Birthday Interviews"
3 min
1748
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "It’s Important I Rem...
4 min
1749
Guest Editor Interview: May Guest Editor Sumita...
20 min
1750
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Fire-Flowers"
2 min