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.

Books
1801
Ayesha Raees: "All Along, I Laid, Halved"
4 min
1802
Guest Editor Interview: June Guest Editor Anaïs...
19 min
1803
Chen Chen: "i love you to the moon &"
2 min
1804
Li Po: "Looking at the Moon After Rain"
2 min
1805
Toru Dutt: "Sonnet—Baugmaree"
2 min
1806
Rachel Mennies: "September 23, 2016"
4 min
1807
Luther Hughes: "When Struck by Night"
3 min
1808
Donika Kelly: "In the Beginning"
2 min
1809
Terrance Hayes: "Muscular Fantasy"
4 min
1810
Paul Tran: "Hypothesis"
3 min
1811
Wang Wei: "The Blue-Green Stream"
2 min
1812
Queen Liliʻuokalani: "Kumulipo"
2 min
1813
Analicia Sotelo: "Grace Among the Ferns"
3 min
1814
Joy Priest: "Looking for the Beautiful Things"
4 min
1815
Paige Lewis: "Logically, I Know the Circus"
2 min
1816
Andrés Cerpa: "The Vault"
2 min
1817
Jane Wong: "The Waiting"
3 min
1818
Yone Noguchi: "How Near to Fairyland"
2 min
1819
Jitō Tennō: "[Has Spring passed away?]"
1 min
1820
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Almost Buried"
2 min
1821
Diana Khoi Nguyen: "from Đổi Mới"
4 min
1822
Diane Seuss: "Ballad"
7 min
1823
Diana Marie Delgado: "Grandpa"
2 min
1824
Rick Barot: "Moving the Bones"
5 min
1825
Rabindranath Tagore: "Gitanjali 83"
1 min