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.
1876
Louise Bogan: "Knowledge"
1 min
1877
Eloise Bibb Thompson: "Ode to the Sun"
2 min
1878
danilo machado: "(telling)"
4 min
1879
Cyrée Jarelle Johnson: "Last Best Niche"
3 min
1880
Camille Rankine: "Ways to Disappear"
2 min
1881
Ayesha Raees: "All Along, I Laid, Halved"
4 min
1882
Guest Editor Interview: June Guest Editor Anaïs...
19 min
1883
Chen Chen: "i love you to the moon &"
2 min
1884
Li Po: "Looking at the Moon After Rain"
2 min
1885
Toru Dutt: "Sonnet—Baugmaree"
2 min
1886
Rachel Mennies: "September 23, 2016"
4 min
1887
Luther Hughes: "When Struck by Night"
3 min
1888
Donika Kelly: "In the Beginning"
2 min
1889
Terrance Hayes: "Muscular Fantasy"
4 min
1890
Paul Tran: "Hypothesis"
3 min
1891
Wang Wei: "The Blue-Green Stream"
2 min
1892
Queen Liliʻuokalani: "Kumulipo"
2 min
1893
Analicia Sotelo: "Grace Among the Ferns"
3 min
1894
Joy Priest: "Looking for the Beautiful Things"
4 min
1895
Paige Lewis: "Logically, I Know the Circus"
2 min
1896
Andrés Cerpa: "The Vault"
2 min
1897
Jane Wong: "The Waiting"
3 min
1898
Yone Noguchi: "How Near to Fairyland"
2 min
1899
Jitō Tennō: "[Has Spring passed away?]"
1 min
1900
Jose Hernandez Diaz: "Almost Buried"
2 min