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.
1801
Deborah Paredez: "Perseverance"
3 min
1802
Louise Bogan: "Knowledge"
1 min
1803
Eloise Bibb Thompson: "Ode to the Sun"
2 min
1804
danilo machado: "(telling)"
4 min
1805
Cyrée Jarelle Johnson: "Last Best Niche"
3 min
1806
Camille Rankine: "Ways to Disappear"
2 min
1807
Ayesha Raees: "All Along, I Laid, Halved"
4 min
1808
Guest Editor Interview: June Guest Editor Anaïs...
19 min
1809
Chen Chen: "i love you to the moon &"
2 min
1810
Li Po: "Looking at the Moon After Rain"
2 min
1811
Toru Dutt: "Sonnet—Baugmaree"
2 min
1812
Rachel Mennies: "September 23, 2016"
4 min
1813
Luther Hughes: "When Struck by Night"
3 min
1814
Donika Kelly: "In the Beginning"
2 min
1815
Terrance Hayes: "Muscular Fantasy"
4 min
1816
Paul Tran: "Hypothesis"
3 min
1817
Wang Wei: "The Blue-Green Stream"
2 min
1818
Queen Liliʻuokalani: "Kumulipo"
2 min
1819
Analicia Sotelo: "Grace Among the Ferns"
3 min
1820
Joy Priest: "Looking for the Beautiful Things"
4 min
1821
Paige Lewis: "Logically, I Know the Circus"
2 min
1822
Andrés Cerpa: "The Vault"
2 min
1823
Jane Wong: "The Waiting"
3 min
1824
Yone Noguchi: "How Near to Fairyland"
2 min
1825
Jitō Tennō: "[Has Spring passed away?]"
1 min