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