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
1826
Ayesha Raees: "All Along, I Laid, Halved"
4 min
1827
Guest Editor Interview: June Guest Editor Anaïs...
19 min
1828
Chen Chen: "i love you to the moon &"
2 min
1829
Li Po: "Looking at the Moon After Rain"
2 min
1830
Toru Dutt: "Sonnet—Baugmaree"
2 min
1831
Rachel Mennies: "September 23, 2016"
4 min
1832
Luther Hughes: "When Struck by Night"
3 min
1833
Donika Kelly: "In the Beginning"
2 min
1834
Terrance Hayes: "Muscular Fantasy"
4 min
1835
Paul Tran: "Hypothesis"
3 min
1836
Wang Wei: "The Blue-Green Stream"
2 min
1837
Queen Liliʻuokalani: "Kumulipo"
2 min
1838
Analicia Sotelo: "Grace Among the Ferns"
3 min
1839
Joy Priest: "Looking for the Beautiful Things"
4 min
1840
Paige Lewis: "Logically, I Know the Circus"
2 min
1841
Andrés Cerpa: "The Vault"
2 min
1842
Jane Wong: "The Waiting"
3 min
1843
Yone Noguchi: "How Near to Fairyland"
2 min
1844
Jitō Tennō: "[Has Spring passed away?]"
1 min
1845
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Almost Buried"
2 min
1846
Diana Khoi Nguyen: "from Đổi Mới"
4 min
1847
Diane Seuss: "Ballad"
7 min
1848
Diana Marie Delgado: "Grandpa"
2 min
1849
Rick Barot: "Moving the Bones"
5 min
1850
Rabindranath Tagore: "Gitanjali 83"
1 min