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
Kemi Alabi: "Voice Clear As"
2 min
1852
Kamelya Omayma Youssef: "In the ن of it all"
5 min
1853
Hao Guang Tse: "to give the thing a name that ...
1 min
1854
Sarojini Naidu: "June Sunset"
3 min
1855
Alexander Posey: "Seashells"
1 min
1856
Jon-Michael Frank: "[there must be one thing yo...
2 min
1857
Hazem Fahmy: "Interrogation of an Alternate Tim...
3 min
1858
Hanae Jonas: "Pastoral"
3 min
1859
Gabrielle Octavia Rucker: "I Don’t Say Goodbye,...
3 min
1860
Deborah Paredez: "Perseverance"
3 min
1861
Louise Bogan: "Knowledge"
1 min
1862
Eloise Bibb Thompson: "Ode to the Sun"
2 min
1863
danilo machado: "(telling)"
4 min
1864
Cyrée Jarelle Johnson: "Last Best Niche"
3 min
1865
Camille Rankine: "Ways to Disappear"
2 min
1866
Ayesha Raees: "All Along, I Laid, Halved"
4 min
1867
Guest Editor Interview: June Guest Editor Anaïs...
19 min
1868
Chen Chen: "i love you to the moon &"
2 min
1869
Li Po: "Looking at the Moon After Rain"
2 min
1870
Toru Dutt: "Sonnet—Baugmaree"
2 min
1871
Rachel Mennies: "September 23, 2016"
4 min
1872
Luther Hughes: "When Struck by Night"
3 min
1873
Donika Kelly: "In the Beginning"
2 min
1874
Terrance Hayes: "Muscular Fantasy"
4 min
1875
Paul Tran: "Hypothesis"
3 min