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.
1776
Langston Hughes: "Our Land"
2 min
1777
Margarita Cruz: "Mourning"
2 min
1778
LA Warman: "Who Hurt You"
4 min
1779
Kemi Alabi: "Voice Clear As"
2 min
1780
Kamelya Omayma Youssef: "In the ن of it all"
5 min
1781
Hao Guang Tse: "to give the thing a name that ...
1 min
1782
Sarojini Naidu: "June Sunset"
3 min
1783
Alexander Posey: "Seashells"
1 min
1784
Jon-Michael Frank: "[there must be one thing yo...
2 min
1785
Hazem Fahmy: "Interrogation of an Alternate Tim...
3 min
1786
Hanae Jonas: "Pastoral"
3 min
1787
Gabrielle Octavia Rucker: "I Don’t Say Goodbye,...
3 min
1788
Deborah Paredez: "Perseverance"
3 min
1789
Louise Bogan: "Knowledge"
1 min
1790
Eloise Bibb Thompson: "Ode to the Sun"
2 min
1791
danilo machado: "(telling)"
4 min
1792
Cyrée Jarelle Johnson: "Last Best Niche"
3 min
1793
Camille Rankine: "Ways to Disappear"
2 min
1794
Ayesha Raees: "All Along, I Laid, Halved"
4 min
1795
Guest Editor Interview: June Guest Editor Anaïs...
19 min
1796
Chen Chen: "i love you to the moon &"
2 min
1797
Li Po: "Looking at the Moon After Rain"
2 min
1798
Toru Dutt: "Sonnet—Baugmaree"
2 min
1799
Rachel Mennies: "September 23, 2016"
4 min
1800
Luther Hughes: "When Struck by Night"
3 min