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
Joy Priest: "Looking for the Beautiful Things"
4 min
1727
Paige Lewis: "Logically, I Know the Circus"
2 min
1728
Andrés Cerpa: "The Vault"
2 min
1729
Jane Wong: "The Waiting"
3 min
1730
Yone Noguchi: "How Near to Fairyland"
2 min
1731
Jitō Tennō: "[Has Spring passed away?]"
1 min
1732
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Almost Buried"
2 min
1733
Diana Khoi Nguyen: "from Đổi Mới"
4 min
1734
Diane Seuss: "Ballad"
7 min
1735
Diana Marie Delgado: "Grandpa"
2 min
1736
Rick Barot: "Moving the Bones"
5 min
1737
Rabindranath Tagore: "Gitanjali 83"
1 min
1738
Brittney Corrigan: "Vanishing"
4 min
1739
Nicole Sealey: "‘Pages 1-4,’ an excerpt from T...
3 min
1740
Sara Eliza Johnson: "Parable of the Unclean Spi...
3 min
1741
Destiny O. Birdsong: "Bandwidth"
3 min
1742
Derrick Austin: "The Birthday Interviews"
3 min
1743
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "It’s Important I Rem...
4 min
1744
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Fire-Flowers"
2 min
1745
Guest Editor Interview: May Guest Editor Sumita...
20 min
1746
Leah Naomi Green: "Origin Story"
4 min
1747
Dean Rader: "I Never Knew I Loved Dean Rader"
6 min
1748
Kate Daniels: "Gertrude: In the Rooms"
5 min
1749
Rosanna Warren: "Boletus"
3 min
1750
Linda Gregerson: "When Nothing But Tree"
5 min