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.
1851
Chen Chen: "i love you to the moon &"
2 min
1852
Li Po: "Looking at the Moon After Rain"
2 min
1853
Toru Dutt: "Sonnet—Baugmaree"
2 min
1854
Rachel Mennies: "September 23, 2016"
4 min
1855
Luther Hughes: "When Struck by Night"
3 min
1856
Donika Kelly: "In the Beginning"
2 min
1857
Terrance Hayes: "Muscular Fantasy"
4 min
1858
Paul Tran: "Hypothesis"
3 min
1859
Wang Wei: "The Blue-Green Stream"
2 min
1860
Queen Liliʻuokalani: "Kumulipo"
2 min
1861
Analicia Sotelo: "Grace Among the Ferns"
3 min
1862
Joy Priest: "Looking for the Beautiful Things"
4 min
1863
Paige Lewis: "Logically, I Know the Circus"
2 min
1864
Andrés Cerpa: "The Vault"
2 min
1865
Jane Wong: "The Waiting"
3 min
1866
Yone Noguchi: "How Near to Fairyland"
2 min
1867
Jitō Tennō: "[Has Spring passed away?]"
1 min
1868
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Almost Buried"
2 min
1869
Diana Khoi Nguyen: "from Đổi Mới"
4 min
1870
Diane Seuss: "Ballad"
7 min
1871
Diana Marie Delgado: "Grandpa"
2 min
1872
Rick Barot: "Moving the Bones"
5 min
1873
Rabindranath Tagore: "Gitanjali 83"
1 min
1874
Brittney Corrigan: "Vanishing"
4 min
1875
Nicole Sealey: "‘Pages 1-4,’ an excerpt from T...
3 min