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
Gabrielle Octavia Rucker: "I Don’t Say Goodbye,...
3 min
1877
Deborah Paredez: "Perseverance"
3 min
1878
Louise Bogan: "Knowledge"
1 min
1879
Eloise Bibb Thompson: "Ode to the Sun"
2 min
1880
danilo machado: "(telling)"
4 min
1881
Cyrée Jarelle Johnson: "Last Best Niche"
3 min
1882
Camille Rankine: "Ways to Disappear"
2 min
1883
Ayesha Raees: "All Along, I Laid, Halved"
4 min
1884
Guest Editor Interview: June Guest Editor Anaïs...
19 min
1885
Chen Chen: "i love you to the moon &"
2 min
1886
Li Po: "Looking at the Moon After Rain"
2 min
1887
Toru Dutt: "Sonnet—Baugmaree"
2 min
1888
Rachel Mennies: "September 23, 2016"
4 min
1889
Luther Hughes: "When Struck by Night"
3 min
1890
Donika Kelly: "In the Beginning"
2 min
1891
Terrance Hayes: "Muscular Fantasy"
4 min
1892
Paul Tran: "Hypothesis"
3 min
1893
Wang Wei: "The Blue-Green Stream"
2 min
1894
Queen Liliʻuokalani: "Kumulipo"
2 min
1895
Analicia Sotelo: "Grace Among the Ferns"
3 min
1896
Joy Priest: "Looking for the Beautiful Things"
4 min
1897
Paige Lewis: "Logically, I Know the Circus"
2 min
1898
Andrés Cerpa: "The Vault"
2 min
1899
Jane Wong: "The Waiting"
3 min
1900
Yone Noguchi: "How Near to Fairyland"
2 min