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