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.
1751
Luther Hughes: "When Struck by Night"
3 min
1752
Donika Kelly: "In the Beginning"
2 min
1753
Terrance Hayes: "Muscular Fantasy"
4 min
1754
Paul Tran: "Hypothesis"
3 min
1755
Wang Wei: "The Blue-Green Stream"
2 min
1756
Queen Liliʻuokalani: "Kumulipo"
2 min
1757
Analicia Sotelo: "Grace Among the Ferns"
3 min
1758
Joy Priest: "Looking for the Beautiful Things"
4 min
1759
Paige Lewis: "Logically, I Know the Circus"
2 min
1760
Andrés Cerpa: "The Vault"
2 min
1761
Jane Wong: "The Waiting"
3 min
1762
Yone Noguchi: "How Near to Fairyland"
2 min
1763
Jitō Tennō: "[Has Spring passed away?]"
1 min
1764
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Almost Buried"
2 min
1765
Diana Khoi Nguyen: "from Đổi Mới"
4 min
1766
Diane Seuss: "Ballad"
7 min
1767
Diana Marie Delgado: "Grandpa"
2 min
1768
Rick Barot: "Moving the Bones"
5 min
1769
Rabindranath Tagore: "Gitanjali 83"
1 min
1770
Brittney Corrigan: "Vanishing"
4 min
1771
Nicole Sealey: "‘Pages 1-4,’ an excerpt from T...
3 min
1772
Sara Eliza Johnson: "Parable of the Unclean Spi...
3 min
1773
Destiny O. Birdsong: "Bandwidth"
3 min
1774
Derrick Austin: "The Birthday Interviews"
3 min
1775
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "It’s Important I Rem...
4 min