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.
1826
Andrés Cerpa: "The Vault"
2 min
1827
Jane Wong: "The Waiting"
3 min
1828
Yone Noguchi: "How Near to Fairyland"
2 min
1829
Jitō Tennō: "[Has Spring passed away?]"
1 min
1830
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Almost Buried"
2 min
1831
Diana Khoi Nguyen: "from Đổi Mới"
4 min
1832
Diane Seuss: "Ballad"
7 min
1833
Diana Marie Delgado: "Grandpa"
2 min
1834
Rick Barot: "Moving the Bones"
5 min
1835
Rabindranath Tagore: "Gitanjali 83"
1 min
1836
Brittney Corrigan: "Vanishing"
4 min
1837
Nicole Sealey: "‘Pages 1-4,’ an excerpt from T...
3 min
1838
Sara Eliza Johnson: "Parable of the Unclean Spi...
3 min
1839
Destiny O. Birdsong: "Bandwidth"
3 min
1840
Derrick Austin: "The Birthday Interviews"
3 min
1841
Cortney Lamar Charleston: "It’s Important I Rem...
4 min
1842
Emily Pauline Johnson: "Fire-Flowers"
2 min
1843
Guest Editor Interview: May Guest Editor Sumita...
20 min
1844
Leah Naomi Green: "Origin Story"
4 min
1845
Dean Rader: "I Never Knew I Loved Dean Rader"
6 min
1846
Kate Daniels: "Gertrude: In the Rooms"
5 min
1847
Rosanna Warren: "Boletus"
3 min
1848
Linda Gregerson: "When Nothing But Tree"
5 min
1849
Major Jackson: "Let Me Begin Again"
4 min
1850
Lewis Grandison Alexander: "Japanese Hokku"
5 min