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
Li Po: "Looking at the Moon After Rain"
2 min
1827
Toru Dutt: "Sonnet—Baugmaree"
2 min
1828
Rachel Mennies: "September 23, 2016"
4 min
1829
Luther Hughes: "When Struck by Night"
3 min
1830
Donika Kelly: "In the Beginning"
2 min
1831
Terrance Hayes: "Muscular Fantasy"
4 min
1832
Paul Tran: "Hypothesis"
3 min
1833
Wang Wei: "The Blue-Green Stream"
2 min
1834
Queen Liliʻuokalani: "Kumulipo"
2 min
1835
Analicia Sotelo: "Grace Among the Ferns"
3 min
1836
Joy Priest: "Looking for the Beautiful Things"
4 min
1837
Paige Lewis: "Logically, I Know the Circus"
2 min
1838
Andrés Cerpa: "The Vault"
2 min
1839
Jane Wong: "The Waiting"
3 min
1840
Yone Noguchi: "How Near to Fairyland"
2 min
1841
Jitō Tennō: "[Has Spring passed away?]"
1 min
1842
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Almost Buried"
2 min
1843
Diana Khoi Nguyen: "from Đổi Mới"
4 min
1844
Diane Seuss: "Ballad"
7 min
1845
Diana Marie Delgado: "Grandpa"
2 min
1846
Rick Barot: "Moving the Bones"
5 min
1847
Rabindranath Tagore: "Gitanjali 83"
1 min
1848
Brittney Corrigan: "Vanishing"
4 min
1849
Nicole Sealey: "‘Pages 1-4,’ an excerpt from T...
3 min
1850
Sara Eliza Johnson: "Parable of the Unclean Spi...
3 min