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
Paige Lewis: "Logically, I Know the Circus"
2 min
1752
Andrés Cerpa: "The Vault"
2 min
1753
Jane Wong: "The Waiting"
3 min
1754
Yone Noguchi: "How Near to Fairyland"
2 min
1755
Jitō Tennō: "[Has Spring passed away?]"
1 min
1756
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Almost Buried"
2 min
1757
Diana Khoi Nguyen: "from Đổi Mới"
4 min
1758
Diane Seuss: "Ballad"
7 min
1759
Diana Marie Delgado: "Grandpa"
2 min
1760
Rick Barot: "Moving the Bones"
5 min
1761
Rabindranath Tagore: "Gitanjali 83"
1 min
1762
Brittney Corrigan: "Vanishing"
4 min
1763
Nicole Sealey: "‘Pages 1-4,’ an excerpt from T...
3 min
1764
Sara Eliza Johnson: "Parable of the Unclean Spi...
3 min
1765
Destiny O. Birdsong: "Bandwidth"
3 min
1766
Derrick Austin: "The Birthday Interviews"
3 min
1767
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "It’s Important I Rem...
4 min
1768
Guest Editor Interview: May Guest Editor Sumita...
20 min
1769
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Fire-Flowers"
2 min
1770
Leah Naomi Green: "Origin Story"
4 min
1771
Dean Rader: "I Never Knew I Loved Dean Rader"
6 min
1772
Kate Daniels: "Gertrude: In the Rooms"
5 min
1773
Rosanna Warren: "Boletus"
3 min
1774
Linda Gregerson: "When Nothing But Tree"
5 min
1775
Major Jackson: "Let Me Begin Again"
4 min