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